[Spridgets] FYI--Fire safety

Woerpel dwoerpel at wi.net
Fri Oct 14 15:27:50 MDT 2011


That woulda been Mikieee!  Mike was very patient with us midwesterners.  
Yessir, that was an experience!   :-)
Dave W.



On 10/13/2011 12:43 AM, Jim Johnson wrote:
> As Frank's Jersey Wop windshield guys put it when he, Dave Woerpel and
> myself learned how to do the windshield grommet on the Holy Sprite....
> "!$#(&*^ing bootleg !@)#$(^ rubber !@((*@$% shit!    #@$(*&%@!!!!!     And
> all that without spilling his coffee!
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Mike MacLean<rrengineer.mike at att.net>wrote:
>
>> My vote is Obama. ;^)
>> Mike MacLean
>> 60 Sprite
>> 56 BN2
>> 02 Heritage Springer
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 12, 2011, at 16:05, Lee Fox<lee.fox at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> Gordon,
>>> The OP said the hose was only six years old. It may be ethanol or not. My
>> point was that we just don't know and we shouldn't jump to conclusion.
>>> Many of us have also experienced poor quality of rubber brake and clutch
>> parts that are not exposed to ethanol.
>>> Maybe it's just crappy hose?
>>> Maybe it was from China?
>>> Maybe it is because of Global Warming? :)
>>> Full moon?
>>> Obama?
>>> We simply do not have enough info. Where is CSI when we need them?
>>> Lee
>>>
>>> On 10/12/2011 5:42 PM, Gordon Gilomen wrote:
>>>> The old type of rubber fuel line we had on british cars will not stand
>>>> up to the ethanol we now have in our fuel.  I have replaced all mine
>>>> with modern fuel line that is made for ethanol based fuel.  I also go
>>>> on the "PURE-FUEL. " web site and find gas stations the sell gas that
>>>> is ethanol free.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Lee Fox<lee.fox at sbcglobal.net>   wrote:
>>>>> Six words: We do not have enough information.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/12/2011 12:06 AM, spridgets-request at autox.team.net wrote:
>>>>>> From: Jim Johnson<bmwwxman at gmail.com>   Cc: spridgets
>>>>>> <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] FYI--Fire safety
>>>>>> Message-ID:>
>>>>>> <CAJgjnuroRhwOEHzPz23EhiinRSz10WbAd9MJTjUqsMbtz-go4A at mail.gmail.com>
>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>>> One word. Ethanol.
>>>>>
>>>>> Say hello to Jim for me...
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim
>>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   Sent from me.
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