Fire Extinguisher Mounting

[ckline]

Originally Posted by NYCTRD

I wasn't tryin' to be a putz...just realistic. A small one is better than nothing, everyone should just be realistic as to their expectations. There's likely going to be a delay between the first indication of a fire and the time you actually begin dousing it.

The there's a lot of debatable fire retardants to choose from as well:

The ABC gooey, corrosive but effective stuff...Halon (may not work well in open, windy conditions), CO2 (it'd have to be a LEAST a 10 pounder), etc...

Last but not least: Prevention is worth a 10 pounder of cure! Don't do half-a$$ed wiring jobs, play with fuel lines (if you're not sure of what you're doing), and i wouldn't recommend cooking meat on the engine either!

i think that you and I are on the same page. thats why i bought a few of them. this thread makes me nervous! I hope that no one ever, from this point forward willl actually use them.

[PhilC64]

If you are going to mount a Fire extinguisher, may I suggest you lube up the side first. Makes it easier on you third member.

[monniepoo]

Originally Posted by Miss R2FJ

Just thought I would share our set-up:

Ooo I like that set up

[monniepoo]

Originally Posted by PhilC64

If you are going to mount a Fire extinguisher, may I suggest you lube up the side first. Makes it easier on you third member.

[NoHandleBars]

Originally Posted by ckline

i think that you and I are on the same page. thats why i bought a few of them. this thread makes me nervous! I hope that no one ever, from this point forward willl actually use them.

Heh. I had a fire in my engine bay about a month or two ago. Was running a fuse block and had to screw it through the firewall...had a stereo shop install my 0-gauge wire...couldn't follow it properlly since he had epoxyed the hell out of the whole area. Was 100% sure that I wasn't going to hit the the 0-gauge....did.

Now heres the thing....That was the night before...drove it that night, woke up in the morning went to college, got him and started to work on the car...when I started it up just to check some settings, noticed black smoke coming out of my hood...had to put out the flames by hand (not fun). No major damage was caused, but when I mounted the fuse block one screw went right through the 0-gauge...thankfully the day before when I was just driving around or leaving my car while I was in class that didn't happen...it pierced the 0-gauge where the epoxy was...epoxy lit fire. Not fun and one of the scariest experiences of my life.

I put it out in time though, only the 0-gauge was toasted, all the other wires were fine. Very, very close call though. Thank god the interrior insulation around the fire-wall is flame retardant...if it wasn't, I would have without a doubt had an exterior and interrior fire. I ended up re-running everything safely.

This is one reason why I hate, and rarely if ever will let people work on my car. I hate having to follow other peoples work, it's dangerous if you can't follow it right, and half the time they don't do as good of a job that you can do. He drilled through the sharp firewall and just fed the wire through...so the wire was resting on sharp metal and epoxyed around it. When I re-ran it I used a small stinger grommet and popped it in the whole so that the wire rested on THAT and not the metal...and now I know exactly where the wire runs into the cab from since I cleaned up all the nasty epoxy and resealed with clear silcone.