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  1. facelessnumber

    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    I managed to patch it up enough to drive. Got a big ol' shopping list now though. Oh well, I was getting tired of those yellow plug wires anyway...
     
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    Damn dude. Glad you had an extinguisher handy and were able to get it put out. Any paint damage to the hood?
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    None that I can tell yet. I don't think so.
     
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    Good, or that would be a major bummer.
     
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    Sorry to hear that. Glad you had the fire extinguisher. :mad:
     
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    Glad ya got to it quick enough...I learned along time ago carry a fire extinguisher in the Maverick, my carb was a huge Motorcraft and every time I punched the throttle it overflowed out the top of the carb and killed the engine resulting in a fire....3 times!
    First time all I had was dirt and water, big mess.
     
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  7. Bryant

    Bryant forgot more than learned

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    man fires are scary stuff. good job on geting it out before the damage got worse.
     
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    Drew,

    Looks like you were right on it getting it put out. I was expecting a lot worse before I saw the pictures. Good job!!!

    Do you keep the extinguisher in the interior with you? I keep mine in my trunk. Wondering about the few extra seconds it would take to pop the trunk open, etc....
     
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    Damn, that sucks..... Atleast there wasn't any real bad damage due to you getting it out quickly.....
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    Mine was in the trunk, and I am certain I would have got the fire out sooner if it wasn't. Not only did I have to pop the trunk, but I had to dig through it for what was probably less than a minute but felt like an eternity before I uncovered it.

    I will be mounting an extinguisher somewhere after I get this back to normal. Maybe in the interior, maybe the engine bay, maybe both.
     
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    Glad it wasn't worse.
    Maybe you could get with Bryant and plumb some hoses and a switch and .. nevermind ;)
     
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    Sorry abt the mishap. It's lucky u had ext. in the car. I have one in the trunk also but it's not mounted. After seeing this Im going to mount it on the 1/2" MDF that's on my seatback which was orginally put there to mount a 10" sub. The sub is no longer there. Any idea what started the fire? Looks like the plug wires awfully close to the Holly. Anyway, glad u were ablt to Dodge the Big Bullet.
     
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    actually, i know of guys around here that have there engine bay plumbed like that for that very reason. jmtc!
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    The screw on the float adjustment apparently vibrated itself loose and sprayed fuel on the distributor. I think I'll be running my wires differently this time, perhaps go to a remote coil setup.
     
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    There is still sparkage there. I like the origional small caps myself. Seems more space between the two. Anything can happen tho. Ignition wires touching the carb is definetly a no no. Looks to me like THAT was the problem.
     
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