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Good point...I had better put one in my 1990 Cabriolet before I sell it :) hint hint hint Ok..sell it to put some money into a T3....now its not so off post :) David --- Hal Sullivan <tristessa@pon.net> wrote: > My wife and I were out today in her '89 Cabrio .. > I'd replaced the valve > cover gasket earlier this week because it was > leaking, but it was looking > like I'd fixed the problem. > > We were sitting at a stoplight next to a restaraunt, > and suddenly there > was a *lot* of smoke coming from under the hood, > followed by flames. > I had the presence of mind to turn the key off, > thankfully, because it'd > already melted through the rubber on one of the fuel > lines (CIS). I > quickly "borrowed" an extinguisher from the > restaraunt and got it out > before it did *too* much damage .. and *long* before > the fire dept. > showed up. > > I keep extinguishers in both of my ACVWs, but never > thought I'd need one > in the waterpumper. > > .. guess I know what *I'm* doing this weekend .. > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org