[Spridgets] FYI--Fire safety

[Jim Johnson]

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On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:25 PM, <an5.sprite at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, is it because the new fuel we now use have additives that destroy the
> fuel line or is the fuel line material less sturdy?
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> Sent from me.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Robert Evans" <b-evans at earthlink.net>
> Sender: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.netDate: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:19:56
> To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Spridgets] FYI--Fire safety
>
> From an old Navy (1960) sports car buddy on the TR list.
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> Buster
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> From: Jim Bauder [mailto:jimbpps at cox.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:56 PM
> To: 'Jim Bauder'
> Subject: FW: [DCTRA] fuel line
> Importance: High
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> FYI! One of our members with a cautionary tale of fuel line failure!
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> Jim
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> I was recently in Ohio when my wife called to say she smelled gas in the
> garage.  My neighbors found that my TR6A was leaking gas. My wife called
> the
> fire department and they told her to evacuate until they arrived. The
> firemen pushed my car outside and hosed down the garage drip carpet I had
> under the car. They said it was a very dangerous situation.  My neighbors
> drained the rest of the gas from the car.  Upon my return I found that the
> fuel line hose that connects the gas tank downspout to the fuel line had
> cracked. This hose was 6 years old. I have never had this problem in over
> 40
> years with Triumphs in Ohio. I replaced this hose and all fuel line hoses
> with fuel injection line hose and plan to do this every 5 years. You might
> want to check yours. Mike
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