I may be stating the obvious, but whenever you have an
electrical fire that starts in your car, the safest thing to do is
to PULL THE BATTERY CABLE!!! That will stop the source of the fire,
and you can normally find the fault, (follow the smoke), repair it,
and be off again without a major mishap. If you've got a battery
disconnect switch, you're ahead of the game.
Going even further, I feel that every car should have a fire
extinguisher in it, whether it's a '98 Jag or a '68 MG. You never
know when it could come in handy. I've seen one too many nice cars
burn down because there was no fire extinguisher handy, or the owner
panicked and forgot to disconnect the battery in the event of an
electrical fire. For the sake of our cars, be safe!
Michael S. Lishego
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3706/
<SNIP>
got under the dash to find a brown
>> wire from the water temp guage had come off and attached itself
to the
>> choke cable which was now glowing white hot!!! I quickly ripped
it off
>> before it could cause any other problems. Got back under way and
made it
>> to Bill's sans Temp guage...
<SNIP>
That car burnt to the ground on top of the Pulaski Skyway.
>I bet you could see it from the NYC. Funny at the time and still
funny,
>at least to me.
>
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>Bill Gilroy
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