good advice a friends has a couple of lotus's his elan se he carries 2 extinguishers as there fibreglass he hads one ain the front and one in the boot as a spare if the fire reignites I hadve one big one I "borrowed" from a former employer heheh T
>From: "Hoey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Re[2]: Fire extinguishers save cars! >Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:21:36 +1100 > >Gday > >Heed the advise fellas. Spend 100 bucks on a extinguisher or end up like >me. >I had to drive to canberra from sydney and back on the same day last >november and was within 1 hour from my house on the way back when someone >honked me. I looked at the back and smoke was pissing out the back of the >car and then the accelerator dropped to the floor and i had no power. >Luckily i was right near an off ramp so i turned up it. The paint on the >bonnet was bubled and stripped off before my car stopped. I jumped out got >my stuff and got well clear in case something exploded. I had no fire >extinguisher so had to stand back and watch the car i loved burn before my >very eyes. Eventually a kind bloke pulled over and popped the bonnet and >put >out the engine bay fire and some small grass fires it had started. My car >was fucked and i had to sell what was left of it for a few hundred bucks. >The bloke who bought it was/is onm this list-adrew peters i think. I didnt >have comprehensive insurnace and dont have enough dough to buy another car. >I now have to ride my push bike around and catch the bus which is a >nightmare. I sure am fit but sometimes you need a car for emergencies. >Moral >of the story is buy a friggin fire extinguisher. > >Pele. > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 2:00 PM >Subject: Re[2]: Fire extinguishers save cars! > > > > Hello James, > > > > My car caught fire in a petrol station while I was giving a lift to > > this girl that I was keen on back to Sydney, as a wire that was > > passing over a metal retainer finally wore the insulation through. It > > blew one of the main fusible links, and I (like an idiot) just assumed > > that the link had worn out. Reconnected it, turned the ignition on, > > and was greeted with flames. Funny how when you are protecting a car > > that you have put a lot of money into that burns from patting out > > flaming wires with your hands no longer seems all that bad. I havent > > heard from that girl since :) > > > > Thursday, March 21, 2002, 1:43:28 PM, you wrote: > > > > JF> Not much fun is it.... > > JF> happened to me many years ago.. while sitting at the traffic lights > > JF> in my Nan's immaculate 180B when I noticed the paint bubbling up > > JF> on the bonnet - no smoke at first, just nan's beautiful metallic >silver > > JF> paint blistering before my eyes!! > > JF> So I jumped out at the lights with traffic banked up behind me and > > JF> I too opened to bonnet to have the flames jump up and almost burn > > JF> me... I had no extinguisher.. so before I could think better of what >I > > JF> was doing I ripped the windscreen washer bottle from it's mounts in > > JF> the flaming engine bay and doused the fire with the water from >that... > > > > JF> By the time I got it out someone had come over with an extinguisher > > JF> from their car... > > > > JF> The moral of the story - get an extinguisher (and keep your >windscreen > > JF> washer bottle full, just in case :) > > > > JF> cya > > JF> James > > > > > > > > > > > > JF> David Thompson wrote: > > > > >> List, > > >> > > >> Unfortunately my 1600 suffered an engine bay fire yesterday morning > > >> due to a broken o-ring on one of the injectors. This dumped fuel at > > >> 40psi all over the exhaust manifold (wrapped in thermotec wrap) and > > >> started a fire. The first think I noticed was a faint but powerful > > >> fuel smell, which quickly went away. I dismissed this smell as being > > >> the car next door, which looked dodgy and was pouring out smoke from > > >> the exhaust. > > >> > > >> I then noticed smoke pouring out the rear of the car in the mirror >and > > >> pulled over. By this time there were flames coming out from all sides > > >> of the bonnet. The first thing I did was to lift the bonnet – > > >> big mistake! The flames jumped straight out and burnt my arm and >hair. > > >> Shocked by this I let go of the bonnet and it latched shut again. I > > >> then emptied a $16 fire extinguisher aimed from under the front of >the > > >> car and this instantly put out the fire. If I did not have this, then > > >> the car would certainly have burnt to the ground. > > >> > > >> Moral of the story - always carry a fire extinguisher! > > >> > > >> I would like to thank the guy in the extended port rotary 1200 ute >who > > >> was the only one to stop and offer assistance. Luckily I have full > > >> comprehensive insurance with Shannon’s. > > >> > > >> Thommo. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: Click Here > > >> > > >> --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > >> OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > >> Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > >> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > >> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > JF> -- > > JF> >________________________________________________________________________ > > > > JF> James Fitness > > JF> Director > > JF> Data Scribe Australia Pty Ltd > > JF> http://www.datascribe.com.au > > JF> Computers and Supplies > > > > JF> OZDAT Online > > JF> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
