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"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 07/02/2016 at 21:44 • Filed to: None

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Somehow I’ve blown out both of these tiny little fuses that provide power to the outlets in the Mazda. The rear one was from a co-worker’s air compressor, and I don’t know what caused the front one to go. They are an absolute bitch to get out of the fusebox so I’ve decided to leave a spare pair of hemostats in the back in case I need to yank one of these itty bitty buggers when I’m somewhere away from home and away from all of my electronics tools. These things are not cheap, either. With tax, five of them set me back just over $7...

Birddog > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/02/2016 at 22:23

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Hemostats are a tool every car guy or girl should have. You don’t need them often but the payoff is so worth it when you need them.

tpw_rules > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/03/2016 at 08:09

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My Mazda came with a little yanker that snaps over and pulls them out. Of course, I lost it the first time I had to do any work with the fuses, but it was pretty good while it lasted...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > tpw_rules 07/03/2016 at 08:11

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I probably have one as well, but I have no idea where it is. Can you point me to the appropriate location?

tpw_rules > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/03/2016 at 10:04

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In my Miata it was clipped into the lid of the under-hood fusebox. It would be difficult to miss, I imagine. Perhaps yours got lost too. I will say I don’t remember it being brilliant at removing fuses. A hemostat would probably be easier, plus it’s useful for other things.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > tpw_rules 07/11/2016 at 00:11

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I found that little tool in my car in the same place. Since I was looking at the fuse box inside the passenger cabin I didn’t think to look at the underhood fusebox for a tool. Whilst not a perfect tool, I tested it out and it seemed to operate just fine, although I will keep the hemostats around since they are a fantastic, universal tool.