I have no idea what to expect. Will say it was simply a couple of guys
in a 1 ton truck with a gas powered water tank on the back, which of
course took them 15-20 minutes to show up. A sheriff deputy showed up
first, followed by several minutes later an ambulance, and finally the
"fire truck" While things could have been much worse, I would hate to
have had a real emergency going on waiting for the local yocals to show
up. We have had a few different neighbors over the years that have had
their barns burn completely down. I never thought about it too much but
guess it probably started as something small and it took them so long to
show up that it got out of control by the time they arrived.
With this deal , the car not running on all cylinders and then started
backfiring. I am assuming that much have rapidly lit off some unburned
fuel somehow and it maybe shot the flames out of the cut off exhaust
under the car. It seemed to have started on the back drivers side of
the engine. There were no fuel leaks or anything like that so it was
all very surprising. As big as the flames where right off the bat, even
if I had a fire extinguisher nearby in the shop, but the time I got back
with it and I got it put out i am certain the car would have been for
sure a parts car, but would have at least had a lot more parts that
could have been sold or whatever.
On 5/14/2023 4:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
Let us know if the FD bill is more than nominal.
On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 5:01 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Yes, I’m immediately buying a couple to keep out in the shop and
probably a some smaller ones to keep in the cars because you never
know. I should have always had one within easy reach in the shop,
especially when working on gas cars. I do not work on them much,
mostly always diesels, do I have really not thought much about it.
I will say I did think about getting some out there recently since
I will be working on a d jet car soon.
I’m not so much worried about the car as the fact that I should
have been better prepared for since a thing. Yea it was some money
I didn’t want to burn. Lost one of my good AGM batteries as well.
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> On May 14, 2023, at 3:55 PM, G Mann via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the demonstration of what to do when you have money
to burn...
> [No charge for sarcastic comment.. I just couldn't resist]
> On a serious note.. I'm sorry for your loss.. and thanks for the
reminder
> to keep a fire extinguisher close by when doing startups on
unknown cars
> [or known, for that matter].
>
>> On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 1:50 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>
>> That was the other thing too while I had it running, I was
trying to
>> figure out why it wouldn’t go into forward or reverse. I’m
pretty sure
>> these still have a physical shift rod connected to the
transmission and it
>> sure doesn’t really feel like it’s doing anything when you
shift it,
>> shifter has almost no resistance.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 14, 2023, at 3:45 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The wheels are worth a bit as are the headlights taillights
and stuff.
>> If the trans is not toasted that could be ok. Strip it down for
parts then
>> take the hulk to the scrapper, you might make your money back.
>>>
>>> Too bad though.
>>>
>>> --FT
>>> Sent from iFōn
>>>
>>>> On May 14, 2023, at 4:12 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So y’all recall the CLK500 that would not crank and had the cats
>> stolen off it. Well I paid $600 for it and decided to list it
on Fakebook
>> as is. Guy was going to buy it for $1200 but I decided to see
if I could
>> get it running and sell it for more. It had a bad engine
computer so I
>> bought a used one on eBay; then sent it and the original to a
guy to clone
>> it. The cloned ECU showed up yesterday so I threw it in and it
starts. It’s
>> missing really bad and running rich I assume. Checked the codes
with SDS
>> and it had codes for all the 02 sensors and something with the
MAF. I was
>> about done messing with it where suddenly it backfired and
caught fire. Had
>> I had a fire extinguisher near but it wound not have got out of
control as
>> bad but unfortunately the car was in a spot where I could not
get a hose to
>> it. Within seconds the entire engine compartment was ablaze. Of
course I
>> called the FD and 10-15 minutes later they show up. By then car
is filly
>> engulfed. It took off so fast I’m really not sure even a fire
extinguisher
>> would have put it out. Anyway, I guess I should have sold it
previously.
>> That car was a turd from the get go.
>>>>
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