So the fuse panel on my 2013 F250 is next to the floor on the right side of the cab. Inside are these TINY little fuses that are not a half inch long. Could they not have put this box somewhere that does not require gymnast flexibility to reach and a floodlight to see into? And of course, I drop one and it gets sucked right under the rocker panel cover like it was going down a water slide. Does anybody know of a long-armed tool for replacing these little motherf$%^&#@s? instead of the little crackerjack toy looking thing under the fuse panel cover? Could they not have put the panel near the steering wheel like they used to? Remember when vehicles were designed by people who cared about working on them?

 

I just use a pair of needle nose pliers when I need to pull/replace them.

 

That's what I do also. Lot easier to grip them that way. Placement is for aesthetics not convenience. It has to look good before it must be serviceable. It's been that way since I was a kid when I started working on cars and trucks with my dad in the 60s.

 

Same one who made it so to service a 6 blows you have to remove the cab. Or the same one who put the GD locking key down the spare tire pipe so the original owner looses the key and now your on the roadside with a spare tire you can't lower.

 

It was the remnants of Team TTB and Team TFI.

 

Maybe next time the young engineer could just put a box right on top of the dash and you would have great access.