BrendonSC

Hello everyone,

First post on the forum. This week I picked up a 2001 Civic EX sedan. Got it for cheap because it needs a lot of love. I'm a decent mechanic so my plans are to get this thing into shape and road-worthy. While investigating the 40amp door lock fuse last night, I took a photo of the engine bay fuse box because something looked off. After googling today, I realized that what I thought looked off was the area where the 80amp battery fuse goes. Seems the prior owner decided to bridge it. Maybe they kept blowing fuses? Maybe they couldn't get another fuse after it blew? Car seems to start right up with no charging issues from the alternator, but I haven't gotten a new fuse for it yet. (Not driving it for a bit anyway as I'm fixing it up) My main question before I dig into this is, why would someone bridge that? What would it help other than keeping fuses from blowing? Seems dangerous to bridge it like that and I'd like to get it corrected the right way. Just curious what I might be in for our should troubleshoot prior to slapping a new fuse on it. Thanks!