Michael Razor wrote:
>
> On the way to Townsend TN this weekend and got as far as Barbourville
> KY when the TD caught fire. As we were hurrying to get to TN the TD
> decided to stop running so I in my haste tried not so gently to get it
> to keep running when my wife pulled in next to me in the MGA and saw the
> smoke and flames. 1st lesson: when the car trys to tell you
> something-listen and look. I opened the left side of the hood and
> quickly determined that the fire was on the other side, so I ran to that
> side and opened the hood and tried to beat out the flames but all I did
> was fan them. A local pulled up an asked if I would like to use his
> fire bottle and he applied it to the flames and then to the interior
> right had floor board. 2nd lesson: Have a fire bottle on board. The
> flames had fused the wires to the fuel pump together so the igntion key
> was not effective in shuting down the pump. Lesson 3: have a fuel and
> battery cutoff installed (I have the battery cutoff, just not the
> presence of mind to use it). Damage assessment: mild, I got lucky, I
> think will know more in the morning. I think all I lost was about 6
> inches of wires that go to the horn, fuel pume etc.. the wires to the
> headlights, they still work but the wires look bad, the starter lead and
> off course most of the paint on the right side of the hood and the
> carpet up in the floorboard. Cause: the bolt on the bottom the rear
> carb fell out and allowed the fuel to gush down on the manifold, the
> harder I tried to start the car the more fuel the bigger the fire.
> Hints on repairs? I did an award at Townsend for having the hottest car
> not there. To top it all off I called the Days Inn in Townsend and they
> made me pay for the room even though I could not get there due to a
> burnt up car. I am going to take it up with the credit card company, I
> called them before six even while my poor old TD was still smoking and
> they were pure A##holes about it.
>
> THANKS!
> MIKE R
Mike
Suggest you forward the above to the following URL which is a page
dedicated to the poor service given to customers of Days Inns:
<http://www.rt66.com/~johnh/>
Rick
61 MGA 1600
74 BGT
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