Tea,
I understand your concern. A few years ago I had a 3.6 conversion installed and was working toward updating various parts of the SC (78). I was installing a new radio, alarm and moving the battery to the smugglers box and when I went to replace a few fuses and in noticed the plastic behind the terminals were cracked and some just broke off.
In my opinion those bullet fuses and the original fuse box is problematic. Probably pretty good option back then, but with alternative fuse type options, I suggest considering an upgrade for many years of trouble free electical.
The Adapt Motorsports panel or other ready made panels weren't available at the time so I made my own using the sheet metal from the original fuse panel, welding an extension for the JW headlight relay and mini ATO fuse terminals. I think I found the info somewhere on this forum that gave me the idea to do it.
The advantage of the Adapt and other ready made panels is you can use the wires and ferrels (assuming they are in good condition) as is. I had to cut, strip and crimp new connections and in some cases make extensions to attach the existing wires to my home made panel. But at least I know the new connections are to fresh bare wire.
The advantage of the Adapt and other ready made panels is you can use the wires and ferrels (assuming they are in good condition) as is. I had to cut, strip and crimp new connections and in some cases make extensions to attach the existing wires to my home made panel. But at least I know the new connections are to fresh bare wire.
From my experience, just ensure you accurately label the the wires and don't leave a long time gap from when you label to when you finish the work as the labels may come off and then
Good luck with the project.
Pitsqrd