I actually had that happen on a VW Beetle I owned long ago.
It was the middle of winter, snow on the ground as I and two of my friends
cruised about in my Bug. All of a sudden the engine starts to cough, and I can
see flames coming out of the vent behind the rear window.
We all got out, lifted the engine lid, and piled on snow to put out the fire.
Fixed the fuel hose, wrapped rags and paper around the toasted wires to insulate
them and it started right back up. We continued onward for the evening and I
didn't repair the wires for several days.
Andy Dixon wrote:
> For those that are interested and have access to a welder or someone to weld
> for them this site gives instructions for building a sandblaster from a
> propane tank. I haven't done a Cost Comparison Analysis on this so it might
> be cheaper to go to Harbor Freight. Poke around the web site, there are some
> hilarious stories about VW busses and Ohio emissions inspections (testers
> couldn't find the engine) and the Schwimmobile with the empty gas tanks
> welded to the bottom and 55 gal drums attached to the outside and the trip
> from Ohio to Canada across the lake (Michigan?) towing a forty foot boat. Oh
> yes, and we don't have all the problems, there's some stories about VW's
> going into spontaneous combustion when the line fitting to the Solex carb.
> breaks loose and shoots gas all over the engine compartment.
> Andy
>
> > Andy,
> >
> > Pat asked me to send you the info. on the "build your own sand blaster".
> >
> > You can find a picture of the plans at:
> >
> > http://www.acvwjyro.com/gifs/sandblst.gif
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Dan
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George Richardson
Monroe, New York
The Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559L - http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
The Hippogrif - '71 Triumph Stag MKI, LE8176E - undergoing bodywork
Kitty - '83 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas - Daily Driver
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