Blown fuse

ANTONI BRAN

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1997 FORD RANGER
4.0L
4 CYL
2WD
MANUAL
165,345 MILES

I also have the truck listed above that I recently bought. The fuse 26 keeps on blowing and my old man and I have been trying to figure out the reason why it does not work. I saw that you answered a question about fuses. Did you ever fix yours? And if so how also by any chance could you help us out with our situation?

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I assume this is for fuse #26 in the instrument panel fuse block.
When does the fuse blow?
I see it is hot with the key on run and it feeds the transmission control switch, daytime running lights module, the backup lamp switch and the digital transmission range switch.
If the fuse only blows when you turn the key to run, disconnect all of those items and make sure the fuse no longer blows when you turn the key to run and if so, plug them back in one at a time until the fuse blows and then you will at least have narrowed it down to which branch of that fuse's circuit it is and could be a faulty/short circuited part that was just plugged back in that caused the fuse to blow.
Actually the range sensor would just be if it was auto transmission, so forget that one.
Here is the wiring diagram for that fuse 26.

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