Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

Happy Christmas everyone!

I went to start up the deli this morning, the door was up and the engine exposed because I had it on the charger overnight.

Sparks! from the 80amp alternator fuse... and when I turned the key the next time, nothing...no instrument lights or glow plugs, no starter solenoid click. The 'on' position is dead. Would the alt-fuse going out cause this problem in your opinion? Or did I probably burn something upstream too?

And does anyone know where to source a replacement 80 amp fuse for that 'ALT' loom? Is it a standard fuse at PartSource or NAPA?

Thanks all, and happy holidays!

The larger fuses can be found at Parts Source and Canadian Tire.



These are seldom on the floor, probably gonna be in the back.

Thanks for the reply! I will go get a replacement at partsource.

I haven't been able to look at it again since it went poop, but I just remembered, there is also a jumper wire in a little box...not a fuse, but a simple loop of wire in a loom that's labeled 'IGN', maybe that bit burned/fused. I have been leaning so hard on the starter to get her going in the Edmonton winter, maybe that wire finally bit the dust after a few too many 20-second cranks!

Suggestions for cutting down the 20 sec crank to start when cold:
- 0-30 or 5-30 synthetic oil
- good in block plug in heater
- battery on maintainer
- cycle glowplugs 2 or 3 times before cranking.
Ours starts easily with the above. Of course having bragged now, the next time it won't

The jumper wire is a fusible link , works sorta like fuse but more of a slow burn. On my L300 it burnt up one day and I replaced it with a regular wire and all was ok.

Thanks for the info! I think I will do the same.