Wow! Had not given this much thought. Good to draw attention to it. Something
to be said for an open trailer, but an eye opener for those who transport
their race cars in an closed trailer, as well.
The life you save may be a FoT.
Joe (A)
> Joe
>
> I received a call yesterday from the guy who was transporting a TR7
> parts car for me. Somehow in the process of loading or transporting, the
> deteriorated fuel line on the TR7 was further damaged, resulting in the
> leakage of gasoline into his enclosed trailer during transport. In any
> case,
> three quarters of way to the destination he is alerted by a motorist that
> liquids (gasoline) where leaking from the back of his enclosed trailer.
> Fortunately everything was brought under control quickly without explosion
> or
> fire. The spillage was contained, but the trailer floor has obviously been
> soaked with gasoline.
>
> It was a deteriorated fuel line that caused this problem. This made
> me
> think of the previous FOT discussions about how newer fuels seem to be more
> damaging to older car rubber and plastic parts. This car had been stored
> outside for a number of years with a relatively full fuel tank by the
> seller.
> It was not operating. Just the type of situation that some of you mentioned
> earlier would lead to this type of problem.
>
> Like most of you, this transportor and I have picked up number cars
> for parts over the years. There were no leaks when where the car was stored
> or immediately upon loading. However, we just did not inspect the fuel line
> carefully enough to see it condition.
>
> I personally am going to start removing all fuel before transporting
> older stored parts cars (which may not have averted some spillage, but
> certainly would not have been smaller).
>
> Cary
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