[Shotimes] Fire Starter

[Ian Fisher]

That switch failed on my old 94 atx. It also sprayed
brake fluid all over. So, this fire issue doesn't
suprise me although I never really thought of it back
then..I wonder if I still have the reciept from the
repair; perhaps I can get reimbursed from Ford if
there is a recall? ;-)

Ian


--- Chris Locker <blindguy10@cox.net> wrote:

> That was an interesting article.  I remember one or
> two people here on 
> SHOtimes that mentioned that switch shorting out and
> glowing red hot.
> 
> I experienced a different failure with that same
> switch.  Years back when I 
> had my '93 atx SHO, we had pulled into a gas station
> near my apartment to 
> fill up.  The brakes felt normal on the way to the
> gas station.  However, 
> when we were getting ready to leave, started up the
> engine, pushed on the 
> brake pedal to shift into drive and the brake pedal
> went right to the floor. 
> The seal in the switch had failed and subsequent
> presses of the brake pedal 
> was pushing brake fluid out of the master cylinder
> through the switch.  The 
> bottom of the switch and the wire loom that connects
> to it were covered in 
> brake fluid.  Luckily, being only a few blocks from
> home, we were able to 
> limp the SHO home using the parking brake.  Man, we
> were so fortunate that 
> the switch decided to fail when the SHO was stopped!
> 
> Chris Locker
> '98 SHO
> 
> 
> 
> > In this article 93 to 95 SHO's have the same brake
> switch setup as the 
> > Ford trucks that start on fire.
> >        Ken
> >
> >
>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/16/ford.vehicles/index.html
> 
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