follow ft86club on our blog, twitter or facebook.
FT86CLUB
Ft86Club
Delicious Tuning
Register Garage Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community - FT86CLUB > Technical Topics > Electronics | Audio | NAV | Infotainment

Electronics | Audio | NAV | Infotainment Anything related to in-car electronics, navigation, and infotainment.


User Tag List

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 07-08-2021, 12:43 PM   #1
suppjc
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2020
Drives: 2015 Scion FR-S Firestorm
Location: Alberta
Posts: 57
Thanks: 55
Thanked 50 Times in 19 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Dusty fusebox

I happened to open the fusebox in the engine bay and found it was little bit dusty. I’ve looked up if there were any other people experiencing the same, but I don’t see many posts mentioning this.

I know it’s not alarming as is, but makes me wonder if I’m missing a rubber seal or something. Given the car is about 6 yrs old, it’s not too bad, but any idea I can clean it safely, preferably without disconnecting the battery?
Attached Images
 
suppjc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2021, 01:09 PM   #2
Yoshoobaroo
TRACKBREAD
 
Yoshoobaroo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Drives: 2013 BRZ
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,929
Thanks: 2,660
Thanked 4,024 Times in 1,895 Posts
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Garage
A clean paint brush and/or compressed air
Yoshoobaroo is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Yoshoobaroo For This Useful Post:
suppjc (07-08-2021)
Old 07-08-2021, 03:05 PM   #3
FR-S2GT86
Master Collaborator
 
FR-S2GT86's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2019
Drives: Was '15 FR-S, 6MT, Now '15 GT86
Location: West Virginia, USA
Posts: 1,394
Thanks: 208
Thanked 985 Times in 597 Posts
Mentioned: 20 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Dusty Fusebox......

Great porn name.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.ac View Post
My pubes are shaped like the number 86. There for I’m car. Derp
Count to muffens and call again.
I’m 40. So....... say hi to your sisters or daughters.
FR-S2GT86 is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to FR-S2GT86 For This Useful Post:
Capt Spaulding (07-09-2021), Cephas (07-22-2021), NoHaveMSG (07-08-2021), Overdrive (07-08-2021), suppjc (07-08-2021)
Old 07-08-2021, 10:33 PM   #4
suppjc
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2020
Drives: 2015 Scion FR-S Firestorm
Location: Alberta
Posts: 57
Thanks: 55
Thanked 50 Times in 19 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo View Post
A clean paint brush and/or compressed air
I was thinking of a paint brush too since I have one, but just worried about the static electricity it might cause. I'm maybe too cautious?

Thank you.
suppjc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2021, 10:38 PM   #5
suppjc
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2020
Drives: 2015 Scion FR-S Firestorm
Location: Alberta
Posts: 57
Thanks: 55
Thanked 50 Times in 19 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by FR-S2GT86 View Post
Dusty Fusebox......

Great porn name.
F: "Let me take yours off and blow it and clean it myself"


Whatever that might mean
suppjc is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to suppjc For This Useful Post:
Ultramaroon (07-09-2021)
Old 07-08-2021, 11:14 PM   #6
Ultramaroon
義理チョコ
 
Ultramaroon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Drives: a 13 e8h frs
Location: vantucky, wa
Posts: 31,825
Thanks: 52,063
Thanked 36,469 Times in 18,894 Posts
Mentioned: 1106 Post(s)
Tagged: 9 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by suppjc View Post
I was thinking of a paint brush too since I have one, but just worried about the static electricity it might cause. I'm maybe too cautious?

Thank you.
Would pair nicely with a can of dust-off. No worries about static. There is no dust in the important parts, the connectors underneath each component. After you've dusted it, pull one of the components. Doesn't matter which. You'll see what i mean.


No need to disconnect the battery.
__________________
Ultramaroon is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Ultramaroon For This Useful Post:
suppjc (07-09-2021)
Old 07-09-2021, 12:26 AM   #7
suppjc
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2020
Drives: 2015 Scion FR-S Firestorm
Location: Alberta
Posts: 57
Thanks: 55
Thanked 50 Times in 19 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultramaroon View Post
Would pair nicely with a can of dust-off. No worries about static. There is no dust in the important parts, the connectors underneath each component. After you've dusted it, pull one of the components. Doesn't matter which. You'll see what i mean.


No need to disconnect the battery.
Ah yes, a dust off will be nice! Will do!
suppjc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2021, 12:49 AM   #8
Ultramaroon
義理チョコ
 
Ultramaroon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Drives: a 13 e8h frs
Location: vantucky, wa
Posts: 31,825
Thanks: 52,063
Thanked 36,469 Times in 18,894 Posts
Mentioned: 1106 Post(s)
Tagged: 9 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by suppjc View Post
Ah yes, a dust off will be nice! Will do!
Dust-off + paint brush = profit
__________________
Ultramaroon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-21-2021, 04:56 PM   #9
Tcoat
Senior Member
 
Tcoat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2494 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
I opened up my box to steal the spare 15amp and was appalled to see the crap in there! I was too shocked to take a picture but let's just say the OP's is spotless compared to what I found. Since I don't believe a fuse block is a great place to build sand castles I am going to see if I can find some thin foam weather-stripping to put between the top and the base. I do not want to even imagine the results if I got any dampness up in with all that sand and dust.
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
Tcoat is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Tcoat For This Useful Post:
bcj (07-21-2021)
Old 07-21-2021, 08:46 PM   #10
QHawk
Member
 
QHawk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2016
Drives: 2020 86GT
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 35
Thanks: 6
Thanked 38 Times in 19 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
DustOff? To blow everything even deeper into every recess? This is a job for a brush and vacuum cleaner.
QHawk is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to QHawk For This Useful Post:
Tcoat (07-22-2021)
Old 07-21-2021, 09:05 PM   #11
Ultramaroon
義理チョコ
 
Ultramaroon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Drives: a 13 e8h frs
Location: vantucky, wa
Posts: 31,825
Thanks: 52,063
Thanked 36,469 Times in 18,894 Posts
Mentioned: 1106 Post(s)
Tagged: 9 Thread(s)
meh
__________________
Ultramaroon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-22-2021, 07:05 AM   #12
Tcoat
Senior Member
 
Tcoat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2494 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by QHawk View Post
DustOff? To blow everything even deeper into every recess? This is a job for a brush and vacuum cleaner.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultramaroon View Post
meh
Q is right. I wish I had the presence of mind to take a picture but I screwed up and forgot. You really needed to see it to believe it.
The location of the fuse box means that not only was it filled up with dust but also actual sand get's pushed up in there. This may not be an issue for cars that are only summer driven or where they don't sand and salt roads but for many of us the potential of forcing that dust/sand/salt even deeper with Dustoff is just asking for trouble down the road.
I used a shopvac with a brush attachment and that got it cleaned up like new and didn't push everything down under the fuses and relays. I actually pulled a couple to check.

Simulation of my cleaning it
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
Tcoat is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Tcoat For This Useful Post:
bcj (07-22-2021)
Old 07-22-2021, 11:35 AM   #13
Ultramaroon
義理チョコ
 
Ultramaroon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Drives: a 13 e8h frs
Location: vantucky, wa
Posts: 31,825
Thanks: 52,063
Thanked 36,469 Times in 18,894 Posts
Mentioned: 1106 Post(s)
Tagged: 9 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
Q is right. I wish I had the presence of mind to take a picture but I screwed up and forgot. You really needed to see it to believe it.
What isn't seen is that the bottom of that box is all open. Nothing magical going on below the surface. Big fat wire bundle with bare terminals clipping into the receptacles. You could blast it with a hose to clean it.
__________________
Ultramaroon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-22-2021, 11:46 AM   #14
Tcoat
Senior Member
 
Tcoat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2494 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultramaroon View Post
What isn't seen is that the bottom of that box is all open. Nothing magical going on below the surface. Big fat wire bundle with bare terminals clipping into the receptacles. You could blast it with a hose to clean it.
I am more concerned about the crap that was down between the prongs of each fuse and relay.
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
Tcoat is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply

Tags
tcoat's dusty box

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Dusty fuse box msaikhan Mechanical Maintenance (Oil, Fluids, Break-In, Servicing) 11 07-26-2019 01:09 PM
Interior fusebox - can someone confirm? 1Cor10:23 DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Guides 6 04-16-2015 07:10 PM
Super dusty pads. HELP!!! omegared19 Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 12 09-12-2014 01:04 AM
BRZ Fusebox BRZfan BRZ First-Gen (2012+) -- General Topics 0 10-17-2013 07:44 PM
WTB: ABS, Fusebox, AC condenser mariolefty1 Engine, Exhaust, Bolt-Ons 0 05-06-2013 04:46 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:10 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.