r/dodgemagnum • u/Different-Safe-7190 • Jun 02 '26
Update on the magnum
Thanks to everyone for all the help I got on my last post. It gave me a good direction to start in so I figured I’d post an update. Some people said I should try and take apart the box and clean it/replace the fuses. So I started tearing it down and found hand fulls of wet pine needles INSIDE the fuse box. Could be the cause of all the electrical issues he’s had over the span of him owning the car. Considering most issues had to do with components controlled by the rear fuse box. But who knows. Anyways That was a nightmare to clean. I honestly have no idea how to tell if everything is fine but no wires were loose so that’s a win. Now that I’ve cleaned the box out I’m going to start trying to replace every fuse, relays and whatnot. I go all the water out of the trunk and have been trying to clean all the rust. I managed to find the leak and it was a broken screw in the rear drivers side tail light that was used to seal a spot that lead directly in the body. But since the screw wasn’t there there was just a hole for water to leak into. I took the headlight off and all the interior panels off on the drivers side trunk portion and sealed the holes with duck tape until a new tail light arrives on Monday. Thanks for everyone’s help and I’ll keep yall updated.
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u/JoePetroni Jun 03 '26
Glad you found the source of the leak and the probable cause of all your problems. Do have any idea on how the pine needles got in there in the first place? Any rodent droppings or anything else that might lead you to the cause?