just about lost the truck today.............
so i'm working on the 52 and noticed the cheap plastic air filter spacer has cracked and the air filter is crooked, so i remove the filter and stupid chinese spacer. (thanks MR. GASKET).
anyway, i go to start the truck, and POP! the carb is on fire! i try to crank the fire into the engine, but there's too much gas in the carb/ manifold and the fire only gets smaller. now i'm running around to find something to smother the fire. into the house, and the first thing i see is one of my wifes new towels. i run back outside, and the towel cuts down the fire, but not enough to put it out, then the towel starts to burn. i run to a puddle and wet the towel some and run back to the truck, but the towel isn't wet enough. again, the fire is smaller, but not out. i run back into the house and grab a pan of water and run back out to the truck and douse the thing. the fire goes out finally with just very minor damage.
so, the old guy learns a lesson we all need to heed.
i don't care much for wal mart, but they do carry a nice kidde fire extinguisher for 18 bucks. i bought 4 of them and some stuff that comes in an aerosol spray can. i'm too damned old and crippled to run like that!
