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It can happen. That's why I carry a fire extinguisher.

Being that it looks like a four-banger, chances are they were still running a stock 2G alternator and the wiring fried, sparking the fire.

Darkwriter77 said:

Being that it looks like a four-banger, chances are they were still running a stock 2G alternator and the wiring fried, sparking the fire.

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That, or still the factory ignition switch that could catch fire.

BlackGT89 said:

It can happen. That's why I carry a fire extinguisher.

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I have one in my trunk....just in case.You never know who might need it.

HAHA, My alternator in my DD 91 LX went up in flames a little over a month ago, luckily we were at 711 and got a bottle of water and was able to put out the flames, would have sucked if a perfect (besides the bad alternator) 5.0 LX went completely up in flames! At least that lil thing was only a 4 banger vert.

BlackGT89 said:

It can happen. That's why I carry a fire extinguisher.

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I keep one in the 90 and one in my 68. I've had it happen twice in my 68. The second time is was a wire that touched the header and was grounding out. Still haven't figured out what happened the first time.

StangGT1995 said:

That, or still the factory ignition switch that could catch fire.

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The headlight switch can do it also. I know from experience.

Luckily I caught them all in time that only replacing a few wires (well, the whole firewall forward harness in my 68) was all that I had to fix.

my fuel relay almost caught fire in my notch, but as you guys i always have at least one extinguisher with me. plus i never drive the car anymore so that helps with fire safty

Whoa, that's hot.

MahFiVeOh said:

I have one in my trunk....just in case.You never know who might need it.

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I'm gonna add one to the back seat.

Yep, I keep one in the back floor board (cheap insurance). On the 67 I had one of the nylon oil lines laying across the intake manifold just decide to melt and spring a leak. I cranked it up in the driveway and a little spark from a leaky plug wire was all it took to ignite the hot oil. So I ran inside and grabbed a pan of dishwater out of the sink and splooshed it out.


Pretty scary though !

At least it was in a church parking lot when it happened...
RIP

Scott