hello?

[palace_master@yahoo.com (Chris Jung)]

Wow Jerry, what happened?  Did the battery get hooked
up backwards; or did a wire or wrench or something
fall across the battery terminals?  That's wild.  I've
never heard of anyone having their car catch on fire
from those causes before.  I used to have an MGB and
almost burned it and my garage to a crisp while
welding it and didn't notice that the carpet had
fallen back to its proper position while welding the
floor.  I was fast with the fire extinguisher and
managed to catch it just in time.  How much of the
wiring is burnt?   If you just have to get a new
battery , airbox, and 2 or 3 wires, I'd definitely fix
it.  If you have to redo your engine wiring , that's
another issue.  If I were you , I'd fiddle with it for
a while and see how much wiring is ruined , and then
you can decide how much $ and effort is required.  If
too many wires are cooked, I'd look into getting
another rocco and use yours as a parts car

--- Jerry Carter <killmurder_@hotmail.com> wrote:
> speaking of dead.... Yesterday I went over to a
> friend's place to change my 
> airbox and TB. after we got that done, my car
> decided that it needed an 
> external combustion engine, and it blew up. The
> original fireball went up 
> about 15 feet and the ensuing fire reached an
> average of 8 feet. it only 
> burnt for about 5 min. but in that time it basicly
> melted everything on the 
> driver's side of the engine bay, Including the
> Battery which blew up rather 
> spectacularily. Problem is, I'm away from home, and
> I have no money or parts 
> to get my car going again, and without the car I'm
> basicly dead in the water 
> for the getting money thing. Anyway, thanks for
> listening, I'm at the point 
> of deciding wether it's worth it or not putting the
> car back together, or 
> just parting the thing out. it's got a great body,
> and a good engine 
> (without the airbox and wiring harnesses)
> 
> Jerry Carter
> '81 Mk1 Melted Glob
> 
> 
> >From: "Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>
> >To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: hello?
> >Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 10:32:31 -0800
> >
> >It is, only the dead are posting!
> >
> > > heh.. nevermind.. i thought the list was
> dead....
> > >
> > > Wing
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>
> > > To: "Wing Gee" <winggee@hotmail.com>
> > > Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 11:33 AM
> > > Subject: Re: hello?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Wing Gee wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Wing Gee
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > Nice Scirocco. Wanna sell it?
> > > >
> > > > TBerk
> > > >
> > >
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