If nothing else, replace the underhood harness, it's got to be cheaper the the dash harness.

 

You guys are cracking me up!

I heard that if you bolt a glass fuel filter, rubber lines, AND a foam aircleaner, your car instantaneously combusts. You don't even have to start it....

 

Sounds like you are going to try it. let us know how that works out for you.

 

back in 83 my freind an i oh ya his 68 vette went air bound for 20 feet or so. an battery not held down took flight an arked off the holed down bracket. of all things an started the jute underlay on fire wile we were pushing the car up to gass station. perfict place we noticed smoke saved the car. thanks up thare manny more rides.the morral to the story ya . bolt down or bunge or zipper tie what ever secure your battery.

 

interesting.

 

Suggest do not put this filter (holley 120-148) or one that looks like it under a hood:
http://www.holley.com/120-148.asp
http://www.holley.com/data/products/...rge120-148.jpg

 

My Camaro was in paint jail for 11 months following several long years of hard restoration work. When I went to pick it up after the full resto and mucho $$$ paint job, the car had been sitting for a LONG time.



The rubber O-Rings on the ends of the glass fuel filter were dried out and had shrunk quite a bit. I was backing out of the shop when the owner noticed the gasoline trail coming from the car. He stopped me before I drove off. I parked the car and drove to Autozone in the wifes car for a screwdriver, filter, rubber hose and some clamps. No fire but you can do the math.

The "other" thread made me nervous enough that I purchased (3) 2.5 Lb A-B-C fire extinguishers yesterday. They were about $27 each from the local fire extinguisher company. I have way too much money on the line to not have a fire extinguisher in each car. I will post pix once I get the floor brackets fabbed up.

-Mark.

 

Well I have to admit it, I was one of the ones that used the glass fuel filter in my younger years. It opened up on the highway and I didn't know how bad it was so drove a half mile to the exit. Wow...all that fuel coming out of an open line all over the headers, I still can't figure out how it didn't catch.

 

Had a crazy dream lastnight that my dad's Camaro went up in flames.

Ironic.

 

I think in most cases you need a form of ignition I.E. spark or fly eye air filter Sorry i couldn't resist.

 

Can you post pics of the fire extinguishers you speak of???
I am looking for 2 Halon extinguishers that I can mount to a harness bar (when I get one) but I want the biggest I can fit. But thats a good price.
Do you have a link to their shop?
I beleive the Halon chemical won't leave a residue after sprayed. I've seen cars with more damage due to the chemical extinguisher then the small fire. Post pics of your finished product too.

 

I don't know how many cars I see at cruise nights with rubber lines and glass inline filters all over the place. Build a steel line with metal or aluminum inline filters with AN fittings --or buy an OEM fuel line from one of the major vendors.

 

Well what ever the flash point is I don't remember but apparently I didn't reach it.

 

I bought Kidde/Badger brand ABC style with brackets. They were purchased from a local fire extinguisher company - Capital Fire Extinguisher here in Little Rock.

http://www.capitalfireextinguisher.com/

You probably have a place in your town that specializes in selling and refilling this sort of thing. I know about the Halon ones. I went with ABC chemical that also work but it will unfortunately leave a messy residue.

Here is about where I want to mount it.



Here is what the back side of the mounting bracket looks like.



I figure I will make a plate with 2 holes that will mate up with the front 2 seat bolts and attach the extinguisher bracket to the plate. Simple and easy to grab in an emergency. No new holes to drill in the vehicle.

-Mark.

 

that's kinda funny. a month bak i dreamed i watched somebody break into my 77 and start driving away, then i get on the forum in the morning, and i see a post that a member's 80-82 vette was stolen... !!!!

 

Thanks man.
I would just make a 1 or 2 inch strip of metal by whatever the width of the seat is that will run from the one front seat bolt hole to the other side and then weld or rivet a another short strip to the center of that. Then attach the extinguisher to that. Kinda like the letter "H" or an "H" without one long side. Speeddirect makes these brackets with their corbeau seat brackets but they're not cheap.
Thanks for posting the info. I have to ask around for prices on Halon extinguishers, just not sure what size i want. Thanks

 

What catches fire, the filter or the gas in it?
I use those glass filters on by bicycle all the time and they never have caught fire!

 

After reading the forum for many years, back in 2001 or 2 I finally located the source of the gas smell in my car. The tank had pinholes right above the tank supports. The anti-squeek pads absorbed the gas and it must have evaporated because I could smell it, but never see it. The quickest way to burn your Vette to the ground is a gasoline fire, and most times, you will NOT be able to put it out. Thankfully, I put in a new fuel tank, and that's when I spotted the wet strips and the pinholes. I am seriously thinking of going fuel cell even though my tank isn't very old now.

 

I cooked a '72 VW Bug because of rubber lines and glass filters.

Not that there's really a problem with rubber lines and glass filters but if you're going to run them:

1. Keep the filters out of the engine bay if at all possible. If you have to keep them in the engine bay, mount them somehow.

2. Inspect the rubber lines DAILY, and don't use the rubber fuel lines with cloth covering the outside or you're setting yourself up for failure.

3. If you smell fuel, pull over immediately.

4. If you see fire, you're screwed.


EDIT: Oh crap I just realized I resurrected a topic from the 11th page. Sorry guys!

EDIT: Another anecdote about fires and cars, I had a backfire that lit up my Firebird. Thankfully I had a fire extinguisher in the house, but it took me about 5 minutes to find while the car was sitting in my driveway burning up. The wiring at the throttle body was toast and all of my vacuum lines needed replacement. Thankfully, my steel fuel lines didn't crack or break but it sure had me scared. No idea what it was that allowed the fire to burn on top of my SBC for so long, but in case I need to make the moral of the story any more obvious: ALWAYS know where your Fire Extinguisher is.

 

Shortly after I bought my vette (10 years ago) I was proudly displaying my new acquisition at the local "All America Day", an annual event for classic American cars here in Adelaide, South Australia.
Beautiful sunny day, lots and lots of exceptional cars.

I was kicking back in the deck chair, spinning yarns with fellow petrol heads from our Corvette Club, when a friend pointed over to my car and said... "What's with that smoke from your engine bay?"

I was up like a flash and raced over to the car, to see my hood insulation smoldering.

The chrome air cleaner cover on my motor was acting like a magnifyng lens, and concentrating the sun's energy into a focal point hot enough to ignite the hood insulation. Lesson there for everyone.

tom