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15-04-2009, 21:20
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Noob
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Socialist Republik of Kent
Posts: 5,032
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MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER
Today was my lucky day, my very very very lucky day. I was at the builders merchants loading my Anglia up with crap and when I went to start it up to leave a Weber spat back and caught fire. In no time at all I had a pretty serious fire under the bonnet, which I couldn't get open fast enough because of dzus fasteners, a fuel line then burned through, fire-balled, and it went right up.
LUCKILY a bloke in a truck pulled up and he had a fire extinguisher in the cab and apart from some singed paint and a bit of powder skank the car is ok. I managed to patch the fuel line and bodge the melted throttle cable and get it home by itself. MAKE SURE YOU GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. They are about £12 delivered from eBay so that means there are no excuses, go and buy one now. I NEARLY lost the car I had spent 5 years building, I DO NOT want it to happen to you!!! Picture of what was nearly destroyed: 
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15-04-2009, 21:22
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Dubious
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Northampton
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Bloody hell mate, close call! Glad you are ok.
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15-04-2009, 21:24
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Noob
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Socialist Republik of Kent
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Apart from some hair burned off one hand I'm fine. I seem to attract fire balls this month
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15-04-2009, 21:32
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BBx woz 'ere :P
Join Date: Jan 1970
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Powder or CO2 or AFFF?
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15-04-2009, 21:48
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The Night Worker
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Glad you saved the Angle box mate, I got an extinguisher with the camper, A blue one on the side of the drivers seat.
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15-04-2009, 21:56
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The Stig
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Fightertown USA
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I've got AFFF in the track car because MSA regs say I have to carry one even though it's apparently not going to do a great deal to save the car should I ever need it. From what I've read it's basically good enough to make sure I get out of the car alive but if you get a proper fire going you really need powder to put it out.
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15-04-2009, 22:15
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Noob
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Socialist Republik of Kent
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It was a small powder extinguisher and I can verify it's VERY good at putting fires out.
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16-04-2009, 04:47
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Dirteh Kitteh
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country
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I need to put the one I had in Minnesota in the Jeep. Tina has one in her boot in the Neon, even though I don't think she'd remember it was there or even how to use it.
The one I have for the Jeep is an 18 pound dry chem. You can pick them up at any home improvement store. Good to hear the guy stopped to help you out. Did you offer to replace his extinguisher? Especially good to hear both you and the Anglia are doing good.
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16-04-2009, 05:57
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Noob
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Socialist Republik of Kent
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I did but he refused. He said his work paid for things like that.
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16-04-2009, 06:57
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Moonshine
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Chelmsford, innit!
Posts: 3,979
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Bloody hell
Glad he was around to help.
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