Don:
Your story of draining a gas tank into a tub brings to mind another
dangerous practice. We had an expert Jaguar machanic, Geoff, who worked
out of his garage. He tuned and cared for a lot of Jags, and gave expert
advice and assistance to racers and builders, such as myself. One mistake
he made was to drain the gas tank on a XKE coupe into a plastic pan.
The pan burst into flame from static electicity. Being a quick thinker,
Geoff pushed the flaming Jaguar out of his shop, before the shop was
inundated by fire. He had fire extinguishers, which he emptied in the shop
and on the flaming Jaguar. This did not extinguish the fire, but subdued the
fire, limiting the damage done. The fire department arrived.and finished
off the job.
So, the lesson of Geoff's experience was to only drain gasoline into a metal
container and only one that is grounded.
Ed
1976 TR6
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From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
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