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Offline hotrod24

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little fire
« on: April 17, 2008, 03:59:40 pm »
well i just got the heck scared out of me i was griding on my floor and some sparks got up into where the insulating is and it caught on fire
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Re: little fire
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2008, 04:05:54 pm »
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Re: little fire
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2008, 07:15:21 pm »
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"Heheheheheh fire, FIRE!"

Man that does sound a bit scary. The only fire I ever had was when I was adjusting my timing and had a GIANT backfire threw the carb. My carb was on fire for about 30 seconds until I blew it out. Burnt my eyebrows off too.
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Re: little fire
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2008, 08:44:32 pm »
Hot rod workin on his truck
"Heheheheheh fire, FIRE!"

Man that does sound a bit scary. The only fire I ever had was when I was adjusting my timing and had a GIANT backfire threw the carb. My carb was on fire for about 30 seconds until I blew it out. Burnt my eyebrows off too.

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Re: little fire
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2008, 09:01:23 pm »
 i went in the house and it started back it was smoking pretty bad so i want back out there and put it out again but this time it was not starting back so i took the heater box out and all of the insulation and paper out it was more smoke then anything just the side of the insulation and the paper was burning a little
« Last Edit: April 17, 2008, 09:05:05 pm by hotrod24 »
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Re: little fire
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2008, 09:59:47 pm »
I burned a whole C30 down once. welding the cab corners, the owner had stuffsome rags down inside the corner. WOOF well done truck. Grabbed three fire extinguishers and all of them were dead. Almost well done garage. Pushed it out most of the way. Then tossed a skidder tire chain over its trailer ball and the one on the back of my old lady at the times Mazda B2600 trailer ball, and dragged it the rest of the way out.
« Last Edit: April 17, 2008, 10:30:57 pm by Blazin »
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Re: little fire
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2008, 07:15:09 pm »
geez Blazin...you really were...um, blazin, that day...lol
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Re: little fire
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2008, 08:33:39 pm »
Many here have seen this site, but, I'll put it on here for the new ones. 
My older brother never was good at working on vehicles.  He watched me in amazement when I was 16 tearing engines apart and putting them back together. 
Anyhoot, he changed oil in his Furd and drove it 5 miles to the shopping center.  Once he picked up his eggs and milk and looked out the large front window of the supermarket, he saw his expedition up in flames.

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Apparently, he left a rag on the engine and it may have dropped to the exhaust manifold, and once parked for a few minutes, well, let's just say she was well done.

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Re: little fire
« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2008, 05:19:43 am »
Thats what you get for drive an inferior product!

Yeah the best part about that whole deal was the dirt bag ( more on the dirt bag thing another time ) that owned the truck only had permision to use the guys garage to have someone ( me ) change brakes, and do a few other mechanical repairs to get the truck back on the road. Not for body work.
The other suck part was I was on my last cab corner. the floor both rockers, and one cab corner, aftermarket doors, and nice used fenders were all done, just needed body work, prime and paint!
« Last Edit: April 19, 2008, 05:25:01 am by Blazin »
Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs