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Major setback today. Been having some fuel delivery issues and and was adjusting the rear float on the carb today. Made some adjustments and was about to button it up. Apparently more gas than I thought came out of the float sight. Rocked the truck to see where I was on the sight and, as far as I can tell, some gas splashed onto the hot header. Next thing I know, the whole back side of the engine is on fire. I closed the hood while I tried to find a fire extinguisher (I didn't see the one in plain sight
![]() Damage to motor: distributer melted, plug wires melted, carb is scorched, a bunch of wiring melted. Damage to paint: hood paint is shot, cowl is scorched, and of all things the firewall is scorched. No pics today...didn't have the camera with me. Will put some up tomorrow. Still kinda in shock...have to figure out what to do first... Last edited by AJs72K5; 02-08-2009 at 10:07 PM. |
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Re: Underhood fire
Holy Crap thats terrible! At least you weren't hurt, and I guess the truck could have ended up ALOT worse. This should be a lesson to all of us to keep a fire estinguisher handy just in case. Imagine what would have happended if you didn't find one when you did!
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Re: Underhood fire
Wow, this sucks. On the plus side, it was confined to the engine compartment.
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Re: Underhood fire
Sorry, bro. That really sucks! Sure, it had to happen to one of the few of us that actually win trophies...Glad you're OK
I've got some spare parts you can have, borrow, or buy, whichever suits your budget...Accel dual point w/new points and wires, over or under headers. 8.5 ballast resister and used engine harness. LMK if it helps any... Tomorrow I will go buy a fire extinguisher, not like I will have fuel in the engine anytime soon
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Re: Underhood fire
Thanks Jim. I was running HEI. At this point, I need to assess the damage and see how much insurance might cover.
What's really bizzare is my wife just asked the other day whether or not I had a fire extinguisher in the truck. |
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Weird on the wifey thing, maybe I should start to pay attention Burnsman has a HEI for sale in the classified
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Re: Underhood fire
sorry to hear that
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Re: Underhood fire
AJ - sorry to hear that as well-
As mentioned - it could have been worse - you will have it buttoned up in no time I bet. |
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Re: Underhood fire
Holy crap!!!!! Dude, I'm sorry to hear that. I'm glad to hear you're ok. You are very lucky that the fire didn't spread to the rest of the truck, or worse, the building it was in. If you need any help gimme a call. Mario
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Re: Underhood fire
Thanks everyone. Finally settling down a bit and was checking my insurance coverage. Found this in the "exclusions section":
We will not cover: ..... Sounds a little promising... |
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Re: Underhood fire
Give me a call if need a hand filing the claim. This is right up my alley. What ins co is it?
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Re: Underhood fire
Time for fuel injection now!
![]() Sorry, only trying to lighten the situation. ![]() Engine fires suck, been there before. Relieved to hear you & the garage came out okay though. It's a lot to clean up and repair but knowing the work you do, it'll end up better than before. Same offer Jim threw out, if there's anything you need that I might have, please ask. |
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Funny you say that...that was one of the things floating thru my head this morning. Depends on how much, if any, the settlement is. |
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Re: Underhood fire
Good luck with the insurance company and getting it repaired. I would be surprised if Hagerty's gives you any trouble.
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Bummer, It happened to me when I was 17, I drove thiry minutes to a party, pulled up and shut my 1969 camaro convertible of and heard a little "poof" so I sat there and wondered what it was and all of the sudden my paint on my hood started to bubble, I could not figure it out until I popped the hood and saw a fire on my uncovered carb....I was in a gravel parking lot so I grabed a hand full of rocks and threw it one fire, yah I know, really F'n stupid...I was kinda panicky.... good ending though after it burned out. I drove it home and somehow the choke must have been closed because no gravel made its way itn the cylinders?
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Re: Underhood fire
Great link Jtrux!
I posted on the sale thread letting him know Aj might be lookin' |
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Geez. Now you guys have gone and done it. It was just a thought this morning...now you've got me considering...
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Re: Underhood fire
This is painful. Looks worse in person than it does in the pics.
![]() Underside of hood should be bright silver. You can see in the middle where I tried to wipe it. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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At least it wasn't a fiberglass hood I guess.
Even burnt up your blazer looks good. ![]() Last edited by vtblazer; 02-09-2009 at 08:06 PM. |
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Re: Underhood fire
Damn Holleys, should of had a Q-jet!
Just kidding. Sorry for yor setback. As others have said, I'm glad it wasn't worse than it is. |
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Re: Underhood fire
Damn that sucks major bigtime dude!
looks like a few hrs of work and a wad of cash are in the future. Good Luck Man! ![]() ![]()
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