ratty Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Merrily on my way to get an MOT yesterday morning. Filled up with petrol, car purring along nicely when cough---cough splutter---splutter------------BANG! (nice misfire) followed by loss of power, luckily I was near a bus stop and managed to pull off the road then:-- BUGGER! sorry vince you and your good lady will need to wait a while for our ride out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 OUCH! That is a real nasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Merrily on my way to get an MOT yesterday morning. Filled up with petrol, car purring along nicely when cough---cough splutter---splutter------------BANG! (nice misfire) followed by loss of power, luckily I was near a bus stop and managed to pull off the road then:-- BUGGER! sorry vince you and your good lady will need to wait a while for our ride out! Commiserations Mate, That looks expensive! :-( At least you got out in one piece. :thumbsup: What was it, a fuel leak by the looks of it? Empathetic regards: Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 WOW - that must of been scary. Is the engine ruined? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 AAAAWWW CRAAAAAP! Thats harsh... still looks like the damage is mostly engine bay & bonnet... coulda been a lot worse... I remember standing at a car boot sale last year watching some poor fella stood by the side of the road as his pristine 1930's Singer Roadster went up completely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Sad news mate!! I hope it looks worse than it really is??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Gutted for you mate ! Hope its not to painfull to repair ! One of my favourites too! :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Damn, unlucky indeed. Looks like a nasty surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Ooo, nasty! How bad is it? And on it's way to a ticket too. (God must really hate you.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 very nasty Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Yes, very nasty. But it could have been worse, which i appreciate is not much concillation at this time. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Sorry to here that mate... if you need a hand with anything you know I'm just down the road.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saracenstump Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 sorry to see that mate!if you need any parts, a mate at work has the number of a spares man,he got all the bits for a mk2 we've got at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Have you had a chance to review the actual extent of the damage yet Nigel?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 or try the man at blackboys in sussex he has a few jags outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratty Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 WOW - that must of been scary. Is the engine ruined? Not Scary Jack F@%*$NG irritating, lost a fair bit of hair off my hands and arms trying to suffocate the fire with a blanket before self preservation made me shut the bonnet and in finest tradition RUN AWAY! Neil (Have you had a chance to review the actual extent of the damage yet Nigel?? ) There is nothing plastic or rubber left under the bonnet :cry: the engine will need close inspection, unfortunately the bonnet release didn't and so trumpton needed to use their largest pry bar to gain access, their hose nozzle also made some interesting dents in the wing tops:argh:(not their fault really they did need to put the fire out after all). Then there is the matter of having lake Windermere pumped into the car flooding it up to sill level (getting in to steer it on to the recovery lorry was fun! and got better when the car started up the incline and I got all the water hiding in the dash deposited on my lap - laugh I nearly pissed myself). Many thanks for the well wishes and commiserations, information on the possible location of spares etc but for now I am awaiting the insurance assessor and the “it’s only worth fifty quid mate it’s an old car” bun fight that’s sure to follow:(. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGJ/H. Alan Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Hi rats sorry to hear about ya motor. not sure if this will help or not but on this site theres an old garage that some blokes found an sitting in it are 2 jags that you might find useful for spares!?. http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=39772 Eddie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppypiesdad Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Sorry to hear about your car , but glad your alright Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Sorry to hear about your car , but glad your alright Jamie Nigel, Bottom line: The car can be replaced, YOU cant! :nono: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Sorry to read of your misfortune Nigel. Still, at least it wasn't the Spartan.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Bad, but could have been much worse! So how many of us can put our hands up and say we do have a fire extinguisher in our vehicles? I do, but I bet there's a good few who don't. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Good point mines an original one so its probably most likely to blow dust and cobwebs onto the flames so not much use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 We keep working ones on each vehicle- but thats because Mike used to be into fire engines so has loads of them. (I also have access to current tested ones at work, so swap them when ours are out of date!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swill1952xs Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 It's a good idea to have a serious think about the type of fire extinguisher you have in a vehicle. I nearly choked to death in the cab of one of our tankers. I was going to tip the cab, so I grabbed the powder fire extinguisher from the back of the cab to put it on the floor. I should have looked at it first. The truck windows were shut and there wasn't a safety pin in the fire extinguisher. :shocked: Fuu...... er sorry they don't half bake a bloody mess and I nearly choked before I got out of the cab. Someone I knew had a Jaguar XK140 that caught alight when the fuel pipe broke next to the exhaust. He leapt out of the car to grab a fire extinguisher which he was unable to get to due to the location of the fire and stood by and watched the fire extinguisher explode and blow a hole in the side of the car. :argh: Apparently CO2 fire extinguishers create static electricity when the gas leaves the horn..........water fire extinguishers can only be used on substances that are like wood or paper. :-( Best take one of each with you,..............just in case :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I make sure each Vehicle my family owns has a fire extinguisher in it and is replaced every couple of years . This was a result of having stopped to check on what turned out to be a driver who had passed out at the wheel on the side of the road with their foot smashed down on the gas peddle of a still running engine , just as we woke the driver the torchered engine caught fire , We had to flag down a couple of commercial trucks to use their extinguishers to slow the fire until a fire truck finally arrived to finish putting out the last of the flames and chop the battery cables and finish the job . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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