Car almost burnt down this morning
 

it was like 20 degrees here this mornig. i was leavin at 5am...

bout 2 mins down the road my amp gauge is goin crazy, i was like wtf lol. i drove like 5 more mins, and it went to 0. i was like ----... the next town is like 2 miles away. so i kept drivin. made it into a parking lot... i get out and i smell burning. i open the hood and my ---- alt was on fire!

i took off my sweatshirt and tried to smother it, but it burnt up my sweatshirt... luckily i had a bottle of water in my car, and i put out the fire with it. my stang was about this close | | to burning to the ground. i almost should've let it burn, full coverage! ;)

the stock alt from 1988 wasnt too happy about the 20 degree weather!!!

the funny thing is my oil line to my passenger side turbo was right in the flames, but i put it out before it could do any damage to the hose lol

bought a new alt, $106, a new pigtail plug $11. shes good too go! chargin full power again :8

leeann was a champ and helped me put the new one in :P

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Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

atleast u werent like that guy with the gti that just stood there and filmed it burning

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Never seen that happen before, lucky ass

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Thats a first in my book too

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you should of just let it burn, those manifolds and downpipes need to be rewelded anyways

;)

Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

HAHA. We've almost had this before. Primary wire broke of and grounded on our '70 Dart Swinger, Melted all the way back under the dash before we got the battery disconnected.

Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

so you put out an electrical fire with water ???

Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

Those alternators have the main power feed going through a spade style conector, that has burnt many fords around the 88-89 years. Swap that ---- for a alt with a threaded lug in the back ;)

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i know i have seen this alot ---- i might get a 1 wire alternater what yall think man sorry to see taht happen to u

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H.D Fernco couplers own ;)

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yeap obviously. would you rather i let it burn the car down? lol

mine only has two plugs, there are no posts on it.

damn straight

Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

I know yours only has two plugs, they are the ones that light on fire, you want to swap it for a newer alt with the stud ;)

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oh, the spade style connector confused me.

Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

At the least fill the plug with dielectric grease, it will help the connection.

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what s dielectric grease

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It is a terminal grease that promotes conections, stops arching, same ---- you put in the spark plug wire boots. Any auto part store has it. Its a silicone based grease works tits!

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Im just saying it could have caused more harm than good. Thats why I always try to have a wrench or some cutting pliers with me to take off or cut the positive battery cable if needed :)

Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

uh maybe you're confused, it caught on fire because it wasnt working right and overheated.

it was on fire and cutting any power to it wouldnt have helped lol

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I was just thinking of that because of prior experiences with a buddies car :-\

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wtf did you want him to use, his mind ??? hes not yoda....... fire on car I say :P

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I thought alot of that was common knowledge, guess I was wrong :P

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let me guess you dont go any were without your chrome apc fire extinquisher(sp) :1

Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

good one :1 I bet you got yours bolted up though right next to that APC 5" tach huh :-X.

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nope, I leave those for you ricers :6

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ricers huh, meaning yourself ::) I like how the only defense most people have on this site is "your a ricer". Its funny that you dont know what I drive nor know anything about me, good cracks their cheif :8

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weak I admit but gets a good reation eveytime, but you are the one up on apc's latest products with the specs and all. 8)

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I guess that explains why I didnt even know APC was still in business ::) ^^^^^ perfect example of the imature people that bring this great site down :3

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o relax princess I was just teasing you ::) now go back to your moms tit.

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this site is going down??? lol

judas!

Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

people like that bring the site down, I thought this thread was about an alternator that caught on fire and somehow this guy turned it into calling people ricers, is that how it works ???

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it is if we have members that think you cant put fire out with water :P

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go ahead and throw some water on an electrical fire......please :y

Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

Why are you going to get electricuted on a 12volt system? ::)

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technically yes you can ;D

Re: Car almost burnt down this morning
 

stop watching saftey videos on the discovery channel

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:'( ::)

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to death???????


c'mon now guys. Jecu is just being concerned and highroller is just beinh himself. Every just relax and drink some beer.

Good thing your car didnt burn to the ground. I would have cried if my car burned to the ground.