hope you have found that fuse- it sounds big enough to mabe be powering other circuits also?
i have a similar year japanese, and had removed a/c from it. in doing so, i removed a resistor pack that controlled blower speeds.
took me a while to figure that out.
yours probably has same style circuit- perhaps another thing to be looking for, as you trace things......

'94 "tracker", with some parts from suzi the psychic.
other modifications made, with more to come.
some intentional.
suzitoo should get me fishing.
kj6esv