FUSE BOX! Took apart - now can't put back together! OY VEY!!!

[BRIANGEE]

I've been having intermittent fuel pump problems which I thought were relay related so today I took out my fuse box thinking it was going to be a real quick thing... you know, take it apart - look at the relay on the circuit board, look for signs of heat, water intrusion etc.. and slap it all back together. Okay, so once I started prying the different layers of plastic off the box I realized this was going to take more time than I thought and so I brought the board inside and started disassembling.... then... it happened. It started raining those little metal 'stand off', nipple, thingies.... nary a single one remained upright on the board, or the plastic board preceding the circuit board and I have no idea where or what orientation they go back in.

Does anyone have any helpful advice or pictures of how these should be oriented? I've searched google, watched some videos and it looks like some go on the main circuit board and others go on the plastic board...

what a mess I've stepped in ...once again.

 

[Hamfisted]

https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts/ford-fuse-box-3l1z14a068aa

 

[BRIANGEE]

Not yet spunky one...

 

[Adieu]

Junkyard time?

 

[BRIANGEE]

Oh... all ye nay sayers... defeated before it's begun.

I've got it figured out. I was just approaching it from the wrong perspective.

 

[Bedrck47]

Next time you take something apart maybe you should take step by step pictures or a video of how it came apart so you can see how it goes back together

 

[BRIANGEE]

Next time you take something apart maybe you should take step by step pictures or a video of how it came apart so you can see how it goes back together

It wouldn't have helped in this case since those clips aren't visible until you remove the board and by that time it's too late.

All of this could've been avoided if I had disassembled it as one piece (ie. the main circuit board TOGETHER with the plastic boards)My mistake was I thought you had to peel each plastic layer of circuit board off to get to the main board where the relays reside. Actually that's not the case and in disassembling the way I did each time I removed one layer it was prying off those little pins down below, unbeknown to me - until you hear them falling all over the place when you get to the last layer.