Near miss!

[gatesj at mailblocks.com (John Gates)]

Just the same, anything stainless braided with rubber underneath is 
something to watch also, if you drive your car in the northern states 
where they salt and sand the roads, especially brake lines.  We've seen 
several cases where sand gets between the braiding and the rubber and 
wears the rubber right down...

Just something to be aware of, it does happen.

John Gates
--
'85 Scirocco
'97 Jetta GLX

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com>
To: Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net>
Cc: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:20:07 -0500
Subject: Re: Near miss!

Rubber Hoses? Mine are all Braided Stainless Steel! But I need to run 
out
and get a fire extinguisher just then same. Any one have a suggestion 
for a
good extingisher, mounting braket and a good handy place to put it?

On 6/15/05, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Well, we know how these cars have sympathy pains and can get jealous. 
Just
> put too much effort into one of your VAG cars and the other ones 
decide
> you're ignoring them and bust a part just to get your attention.
> It turns out they can hear too.
> I guess my 84 must have heard me talking about cutting him up. Didn't 
know
> I
> was just talking about his crossmember. So he decided he'd rather die 
a
> fiery death than have me chop him limb from limb.
> Sneaky little bastard rubbed a big-assed hole in one of the rubber 
fuel
> lines I had added from the filter to the fuel rail. I had just put 
the car
> on ramps to fix a small bracket I had made and the underside was 
soaked in
> fuel. When I raised the hood fuel poured out of the hood 
reinforcements
> into
> the rain tray!
> I have an extinguisher, but it still would have been a hell of a mess 
with
> the amount of fuel all over the place.
> Sheesh!
> Damn lucky it all happened in the driveway and not in rush hour 
traffic
> (or
> for that matter on the road to Cincy!)
>
> All you guys with electronic injection or people that have swapped out
> sections of steel line for rubber; check your rubber lines often for
> abrasion!!!
>
> I'm starting to think we should develop a list of things to check
> periodically to make sure our cars are safe and sound.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
>
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)
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