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AND....
My secretary's kid just bought a '61 f--o--r--d
pickup. (He'll learn) and of course is very excited about it. He
gets his driver's license in two months. I gave him a car kit which
included several items including a compressor, first aid kit and large,
mountable fire extinguisher. They didn't quite understand the fire
extinguisher, thinking it was for his safety. I explained that while I
wanted him to be perfectly safe, the device was more for the car.
Chances are he'll get out of the car if it starts to burn, but without an
extinguisher he'll watch helplessly as the fire ruthlessly engulfs the
object of his affection. I learned this lesson the hard way, and every
older car is subject to this type of loss.
SO Anthony... see if you can find the source of the
smoke, but first get into your daily driver and go pick up an extinguisher if
you don't already have one. It might be a car saver!
Patrick
Southeast Louisiana.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 2:42
AM
Subject: Re: IML: "smoke" entering
steering colum
I also had this happen, but I was lucky to find that it was a hot wire
someone had ran under the dash way to close to the clutch pedal , the
wire had rubbed against the clutch pedal and wore away the wire jacket causing
the wire to shortout and the smoke was frome the wire as it got hot enough to
cook the jacket off of it. lucky me it didnt turn into a fire.
check everything for the cause of the smoke, mostly wiring under
the dash, with age most wiring I have seen, becomes brittle and can break or
cause a short, also check the grounding of all electrical components , as
sometimes if a component could be grounding itself against the stearing colmn
in your car and could be causing an arc ( arc causes smoke). so check every
thing possible even if it sounds far fetched, because with the worst case you
could watch your car burn to the ground, dont take that chance, make
sure your car is safe from any electrical fires.
good luck.
Jason Wulf <jrwulf@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Had
it happen to me too, in an 88 Sedan Deville. It was the turn
signal cam,
specifically the switch for the cornering lights. Pull
the wheel and
check yours for some fry marks, I'd bet that's where the
problem
is.
-Jason
On 4/16/05, Anthony Bungaro
wrote:
>
> I have a 67 Crown
Convertible----Has anyone ever had"smoke" appearing to be
> coming
through the "steering wheel"----Particularly when accelerating?
> I
am guessing it is the cap where you install the engine oil?
> I.e.
maybe some blow-by escaping?
> Last year I had new rocker cover
gaskets installed--they seem a bit "wet
> again"
> Any one with
suggestions as to why the "smoking steering wheel"?
> REGARDS
> ANTHONY
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