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Re: [TR] stupidity

To: "'Dave'" <dave1massey@cs.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] stupidity
From: "John Macartney" <john.macartney@ukpips.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:44:02 +0100
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I suppose my story is more oriented to MG owners but affects any enthusiast who 
has fitted an electric fuel pump to their cars - especially underneath the tank 
area. Many years ago, I had a friend and close neighbour who found the SU pump 
fitted to his Rover SD1 was leaking. Later examination found one of the unions 
had been cross-threaded during manufacture. Anyway, this guy was in his garage 
at home and had been fiddling around with the ignition switched on, to see 
where the leak was coming from. This meant crawling around under the car that 
was on axle stands. Time came to remove the pump which he did and inevitably a 
dose of neat fuel landed on his neck and shoulder as he lay on his back under 
the rear end. But there was a spark as he pulled the live wire (ignition still 
on, remember) and whumph!
Six months off work, substantial plastic surgery to his face, neck, torso and 
one leg and it's fair to say he learned his lesson. I guess he was so keen to 
resolve the problem he clean forgot the most elementary of safety procedures. 
Sparks and raw fuel shouldn't mix except in the combustion chamber

Jonmac



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