RE: No thank you Many years ago I had stopped in a nasty rain storm to try to help two 'damsels in distress' with a stalled car. Another guy had stopped also. They had the hood up and were turning the engine over, just barely, when it backfired and started a stack fire in the carburetor (the air cleaner was off). I told them to turn the engine over to suck the fire back into the intake, but the gal panicked and got out of the car, refused to try. I went back to my car, got my extinguisher, came back just as something let go and the fire started to spread. I hit it with the powder and put it out. And then I realized that I had just filled the carburetor with powder, all the way. I smiled, said I had to go, and left. Didn't get any thank yous either.... |
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