Date:         Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:20:08 -0800
Reply-To:     Ian Cameron <ianc@UVIC.CA>
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From:         Ian Cameron <ianc@UVIC.CA>
Subject:      Re: FIRE!!! (True story from this morning)
Comments: To: BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
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At 11:54 AM 1/25/00 -0800, BRENT CHRISTENSEN wrote:
>Well, I never got to get a real close look, with all the excitement, but the
>flames were coming from between the valance below the bumper and the exhaust
>system, in addition to the license plate opening.  I knew that if I opened
>the license plate, flames would come jetting out and I would probably just
>oxygenate the fire, so I attacked it from under the bumper.  I never really
>thought about all that shrouding in an air-cooled motor.  I just kind of
>knocked down the initial flames from a distance of about 18 inches, then
>jammed the  nozzle under the bumper and sprayed from each side.  Then I got
>in through the license plate opening.  That really seemed to do the trick.
>I'll be real interested to take a look at an airhead now to see the layout
>of that shrouding.
>
On my 82 I don't think you could get any retardent into the compartment
unless you used the license plate opening.  The tin seals everything.  I'd
be interested in finding out if there was tin missing on the one you saved.
Ian Cameron