Johnnybgood
Member
I just read a post which mentioned a fire problem. In the summer I'd be doing various jobs on car ouside on the driveway. Replacement electric fuel pump and work on the carbs. When I started the car there was a bump under the bonnet which luckily was open. A perished fuel hose had leaked and a stray spark from a dizzy cap not fitting well caused a fire. The big extinguisher was only a few feet away and it soon did its job. In about a 2 minutes it did around £90 of damage. If the bonnet had been closed that would gone too. I dread to think of the consequences if it had happened while driving. It now has all new fuel hoses and clips and a new fuel pump. So far so good! A lesson learnt.