My plans for the car include a rebuilt motor with
electronic ignition, tranny rebuild, paint and
interior work. Point is, I probably won't be driving
it much until the work is done. I will pull the
motor/tranny, remove the trim and bumpers, tow the car
to the body/paint man and rebuild the engine(or maybe
a 440 inplace of the 413) while the car's being
painted.
The point is, when it's back on the road, it will have
been rebuilt more or less from scratch and any problem
with a short should have been addressed in the
process.
The battery is currently disconnected.
I welcome any other comments or suggestions, as to
what might have caused this fire, because it might
narrow down my investigation time this afternoon...
--- dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Dave, the question remains. What ignited the
> leaking fuel? I am not sure if a
> hot exhaust manifold can really ignite the fuel,
> unless its bright red after a
> 3 mile drag race. It may be possible that your plug
> wires were a bit old
> (leaking spark), and the fire started just before
> you turned off the car. Or,
> may be you have a short. You may want to consider
> disconnecting the battery
> until you solve this with certainty.
> D^2
>
> Quoting dave sankey <wedgehead413@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Last night I parked the Imp in the driveway after
> > returning home from work. Locked her up and took a
> > step back to admire the car in the amber glow of
> the
> > corner street light. What a thing of beauty.
> >
>
>
>
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