Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting fuse 34

Yes I know there was a post just last week about this, however I'm glad I read about it, because it seems I am a candidate for this problem.

Anyways, I have been having some problems with the contour. I have a 99se, atx. About 2 months ago, I like many others, was just driving and the radio reset
itself. I didn't think much about it at the time, as the radio came back on a
few minutes later. Anyways, in the progression of 2 months, I have been having
the clicking sounds while in park and in drive while holding the brakes.

Anyways, to make matters worse, I am currently in Maryland on an internship at
the NIH (I reside in Detroit, MI). So I am basically tool-less. I am thinking
of taking the car to a gas station and seeing if the guy will help me with the
multimeter. Could you please specify where fuse 34 is? I have not had time to
do any investigating, but I believe this fuse is located in the box, itself,
correct? I have been smelling smoke coming from the hood, for the past few
days, so I am assuming it isn't located on the driver's side near the pedals. Could
you please specify the fuse, itself? Perhaps color, relative size, etc. I'm not sure why but the other day I was at Tazi's place and we were replacing the fuel filter, anyhow, we looked up which fuse to pull out to depressurize the system. As we opened the fuse box, it looked absolutely nothing like the diagram shown in the how-to under duratec maintenance. I'm assuming ford did some electrical changes on the 99s and up? It's nto a big deal, as long as I can locate the fuse itself in the fuse box. But I'm just wondering about the different setup.

When it comes to electronics, I do not have much know-how. Can you guys please
specify how to test the resistance and voltage of the fuse? i.e. where to
placed the diodes on the fuse? Also, what numbers should I be looking for in
terms of resistance, obviously approx. 12 volts. Do you guys by chance know if the
Haynes manual has a schematic, or some references regarding to this fuse?

So if the fuse is bad, I simply, reset the computer, place the new fuse, and I
should be good, is that correct? I appreciate any help you guys can offer me.

cant help you with some of this but i can for where the fuse is at
fuse diagram

i dont think the fuse boxes changed during the years, although i could be wrong

also i dont know anything about your spefic problem so i cant really help there

thanks for the input gearhead..

Cough cough...anyone else?

to test the fuse is simple. get a multimeter and set it to test restistance. when you put one lead on each side of the fuse, it should say that the resistance is 0 or the meter might even start beeping(most do this). if the meter still tells you that the circuit is "open" or if it gives you a resistance in the line that is an outrageous number, then it is blown. if the number on the meter starts jumping around or doing anything, then just replace it, b/c it's not doing it's job accuratly.

as far as testing voltage and everything else, there is no test for that on a fuse. in fact, if you tried to test for something like that, you'll probably feel dumb later when the meter is just giving you numbers that mean nothing. good luck.