61 Imperial on fire today

[roger crabtree <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That was not a horn relay it was the starter relay. 
Does your car have 413 wedge or is it some other type
of enging?  Relay you should be able to get a NAPA I
am more conserned about your wiring and starter.  good
luck  61 is a neat car drove a 62 for years. RC  Ps
check the starter and the wires to the starter.   



Shirley Nimmo <SDARM2@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi IMLer's;
> 
> Well, I'm discouraged today. I went to go to the
> store in my 61 Imperial and as soon
> as I turned the key the starter kept on running
> after the engine had started. I  
> immediately turned the car off and tried it again
> and had the same thing happened.
> I turned the car off and all of a sudden I heard a
> sizzling sound from under the hood
> and when I unlocked the hood and it slightly popped
> up I saw flames under the hood.
> I immediately rushed and got our fire extinguisher
> and put the hood all the way up.
> The horn relay on the left fender was on fire along
> with the power steering hoses and
> hood insulation. I ripped out the hood insulation
> and was able to get the other fire
> out. Its weird, last Thursday I had driven the car
> and Friday morning when I went
> out into the garage, I smelled this burned wiring
> smell for about 5 minutes,
> but couldn't locate where it was coming from. My
> guess is that it was the Imperial.
> Would anybody have any idea what would cause this?
> Also, does anyone have the
> wiring diagram of the horn relay switch and all of
> the colored wires that tie into
> this relay? Can I buy this relay at NAPA auto parts?
> 
> Luckily I didn't loose the car and my house, since
> it was parked in my garage.
> Any information would be greatly appreciated and I
> hope I DON'T ever have anything
> like this happen again....
> 
>                                                  
> Sincerely,
> 
>                                                John
> & Shirley
>                                            Roasted
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