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05-22-2006 05:05 PM #1
Reminds me . . . Back in the 70's, I was tuning my GTO. I changed the rear jets in the Holley 3310, which dumps gas all over the manifold. I had been checking the timing with one of the old neon timing lights, and forgot to clean up the gas or disconnect the timing light. When I turned the motor over, the spark from the #1 plug ignited the gas. I went running into the house, and the fire extinguisher wasn't where I put it last. When I asked my wife where it was, she said "what do you need it for?" That question was almost as dumb as my starting the fire in the first place. I ran back outside, grabbed the garden hose and turned it on fine spray. It put the fire out in seconds, but I had to replace all of the wiring on the top of the engine. There was no other damage, but I hate to think what would have happened if the gas line had burned through with a Holley red pump back by the gas tank. Dumb, dumb, dumb . . .Jack
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