I have an extingisher mounted on the wall where it
can be seen. Thinking about it, it's probably too high
for my boys to reach.
I also have a second one in the MG, until early September
when we had a cub scout meeting on fire safety. We decided
to let all the boys shoot off the extingisher, so they know
what to expect. We didn't have a fire going of course.
Anyway, I bought a new extingisher and have it ready to go
into the car, when the car goes back on the road in April.
$10-15 for an extingisher, even once a year seems the right
thing to do.
Glad your cars are ok. And I have garage envy!
Paul.
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 07:15:27PM -0600, Kevin & Deana Brown wrote:
> I about burned up two of my MGs today! While trying to time the '86
> Corvette I suddenly had flames shooting up out of the engine compartment
> over the windshield!!! This is a car that I had bout a few months ago
> that needed a little work on it, I had fixed a vacuum leak on the intake
> and knocked the timing way off because the distributor was loose - so my
> project today was to time it. I was sitting inside the car at the time
> letting it idle when all of the sudden all of flames just started
> shooting up from between the engine and the firewall. I shut the car off
> and jumped out the flames kept shooting up and were licking over the
> windshield where I had my service sitting. I couldnt move the car
> because it was trapped by other vehicles. I thought (hoped!!!) I had a
> fire extinguisher in the garage. I first glanced over by my welding
> torch (since I usually grab the extinguisher when I am using the torch),
> didnt see it there, so I walked over to the pedestrian door in to the
> garage since I vaguely remembered keeping it there. I moved two folding
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