Don't you just hate it when

Don't you just hate it when.

I had the dash cluster unhooked and out of the dash. I took it apart, did some light repairs, cleaned it and performed some preventative maintenance.

As soon as I hook up the battery, the fusible link is burning. Good that is what it is suppose to do. So I repair the damage and search to see where the problem is. The fusible link protected wire runs from the + battery directly to the + side of the ammeter. That is all. period.

There is absolutely no reason that the wiring should have burnt. There is no grounds, shorts, or any other reason this should have happened.

Don't you just hate it.