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Safety Tip...Keep a fire extinguisher in your garage #27846 08/02/02 12:48 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,071 North Carolina F fst4dr OP Member
OP fst4dr Member F Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,071 North Carolina	I got a bad scare this afternoon. I was going to take my car to the drag strip tomorrow, so I was under the hood cleaning the air cleaner, checking around, etc. I must have wedged the supercharger intake pipe against the connection for my battery relocation, and it grounded out! It started smoking like mad, and the starter started turning over (but the car would not start). I quickly popped the trunk and popped the top off the battery box, then rummaged around for my 1/2" wrench to unhook the battery. Of course I couldn't find it right off the bat, so I grabbed the 13 mm instead (This was no time to be nitpicky!) About the time I got the ground cable unhooked, the connection under the hood caught fire! I grabbed the fire extinguisher and it put it out. Luckily it was only aflame for maybe 5-10 seconds, so not too much was hurt. It looks like only a few wires had the insulation burned off and the throttle and cruise cable had the outer casing burned through. It could have been alot worse. I guess the moral of the story...dont use electrical tape to insulate your battery connections. Luckily I had an extinguisher on hand. I will be addressing the battery connection tomorrow to try and insualte it better. Buy a fire extiguisher for your garage if you do not already have one! I need to get one for my car now. You can be sure it wont be getting mounted on the A-pillar though Speed kills, but it beats going slow! Simon Langley Black 98 SVT EO (#2119 of 6535) 269.3 FWHP, 195.4 TQ 14.123 @ 97.36 All go, and no show! Vortech, Quaife, Driveshaft Shop Stage II axles, Magnecore Wires, Custom True Dual Exhaust. CDW-27 1/4 Mile Registry

Re: Safety Tip...Keep a fire extinguisher in your garage #27847 08/02/02 12:58 AM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 452 Lincoln, Nebraska D Davo7SVT Member
Davo7SVT Member D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 452 Lincoln, Nebraska	There's a Wrangler club here and one of the requirements must be to have a fire extinguisher on the frame. But yeah, it's a good idea to have one around, just not like hanging from the rearview mirror. Silver E1 I'm afraid Speed Demon has given me the mod bug. AIM: Davo7Wins

Re: Safety Tip...Keep a fire extinguisher in your garage #27848 08/02/02 01:04 AM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,196 central MA 9 98 SE Member
98 SE Member 9 Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,196 central MA	Quote: Originally posted by Davo7SVT: But yeah, it's a good idea to have one around, just not like hanging from the rearview mirror. no, save that for the huge panties Matthew 98.5 Contour SE V6 It has spent 1.5 years under the wrong identity ;-)

Re: Safety Tip...Keep a fire extinguisher in your garage #27849 08/02/02 06:17 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,950 Chitown L LoCo Member
LoCo Member L Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,950 Chitown	2000 Contour Zetec ATX Hector Mods...I got em' "Contour grills, Contour bills, check out the oil my Contour spills." 2.SLO = 17.6 at 80mph My profile

Re: Safety Tip...Keep a fire extinguisher in your garage #27850 08/02/02 11:57 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 1,217 Detroit, MI T Trapps Member
Trapps Member T Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 1,217 Detroit, MI	Hi Simon. Glad all didn't go Cheech & Chong on ya. Mark mark@redlinemotorsport.com

Re: Safety Tip...Keep a fire extinguisher in your garage #27851 08/02/02 09:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,075 Blue Springs, MO T T-red2000se Member
T-red2000se Member T Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,075 Blue Springs, MO	Quote: Originally posted by 98 SE: Quote: Originally posted by Davo7SVT: [b]But yeah, it's a good idea to have one around, just not like hanging from the rearview mirror. no, save that for the huge panties [/b] LMAO! That 'Stang kicked some ass! Ride: 2000 T-red SE Beats: Kenwood 316S, Alpine MRF200, Orion XTR 6.2, Coustic 400SE Mods: CTA, Magnaflow exhaust, SVT Instrument cluster, Knuaberized doors, side markers, F***ed up painted headlights.

Re: Safety Tip...Keep a fire extinguisher in your garage #27852 08/03/02 08:22 PM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 972 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada S S\V/T 'Kris' Member
S\V/T 'Kris' Member S Joined: May 2001 Posts: 972 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	funny thing is, the EXACT same thing happened to me right before we went to the strip for the nationals except it was a nitrous line, and it went poof aftrer grounding out 95 SE Champagne Mettalic True Dual exhaust with X pipe and Redline mufflers KKM Tru Rev intake H&R Springs/KYB struts Apex-i S-AFC 65mm Throttle Body 17" Ace Spades 4 Pt Racing Harness Window Tint all around New Engine @ 117k kilometers G-Tech: 15.6 @ 91.5 MPH "you officially kick ass" quote from awed CEG'er after i chopped my hood and threw on scoops RIP 98 SVT silverfrost nov 4 2001

Re: Safety Tip...Keep a fire extinguisher in your garage #27853 08/03/02 10:55 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,770 Alexandria, VA V Viss1 Member
Viss1 Member V Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,770 Alexandria, VA	Quote: Originally posted by fst4dr: I need to get one for my car now. You can be sure it wont be getting mounted on the A-pillar though I got one as a present. Mounted it under the rear parcel shelf. Used toggle bolts through one of the vents in the metal part (no drilling). Can't get to it from inside the car, but I figure if I need it it will probably be due to something like you mentioned. E0 #36 Interior Mods Mutts Rule! My Paintings

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