Re: Fire extinguishers in your car?
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I have a halon mounted on the gas filler tube in the trunk of my 70' Charger. How long are these good for? Now that I think about it. It has been mounted there over 23 years & the guage still shows that it is in the green or still good.
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Re: Fire extinguishers in your car?
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I have a Halon mounted in my trunk
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Re: Fire extinguishers in your car?
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My A's have the false seat belt latches under the front edge of the seat. I buckle the belt onto the false latch, then snug the belt down on the seat with a hardware variety (ABC type) extinguisher caught beneath the belt. Beware that the powdered type extinguishers can settle. They need to be rapped hard on something or on the ground to loosen the powder inside just before they are used. I've also put out an engine fire I passed by with a blanket (late 80's ish 5.0 T-bird), fellas whole ignition system, plug wires and distributor were burning. Never understood that one.
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Re: Fire extinguishers in your car?
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I carry one in my Dakota. it's about 10 years old now though. it's under the driver seat secured to the floor. even if I'm buckled into the truck, I can throw the door open, jump out, pop the seat, and have the extinguisher in my hands ready to go in about 3 seconds. Longer if I'm moving when the fire breaks out
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Re: Fire extinguishers in your car?
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I would always recommend carrying one though I still haven't figured out exactly where to put it; I think having it loose in the interior is dangerous and I don't want to mount it in the interior for asthetic reasons...thinking of a removeable mount in the trunk, maybe attached to the spare or something... Dave
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Re: Fire extinguishers in your car?
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I still haven't figured out exactly where to put it; I think having it loose in the interior is dangerous and I don't want to mount it in the interior for asthetic reasons...
This is precisely my dilemma...
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Re: Fire extinguishers in your car?
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I use to carry a 5lb CO2 it was strapped to the front edge of my seat with velcro, easy to grab as your exiting the vehicle.. A couple years ago I had my daily driver burn pretty severely, a large shop style 10 lb Halon did not put it out.... I was told by the firemen that it's not uncommon for Halon to fail on a fire out in the open, it's very effective in an enclosed area but with a moderate breeze outside it dissipates quickly & as long as a part of the fire still receives oxygen it will continue to burn & reflash the areas that you put out.... They say the chemical powder is better in spite of the mess it makes... Pretty in depth discussion in this link... http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=163400&showall=1
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Re: Fire extinguishers in your car?
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I think this issue,fire extinguishers , is so dumb and hypocritical. I drove, and still do, old cars from the 50'/60's and the possibility of the car burning up is like winning a lottery. I ask all that have one in their car: do you also have one in your kitchen ? what's more important..home/family or a car?
Yep, one in the kitchen and one in the garage too. I'm thinking you are underestimating the odds of an engine compartment fire; I've had two vehicles catch fire under the hood over the years (1992 F150 and '68 GTO) and I've seen dozens of them on the highways here...alas, still haven't won the lottery!
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1970 Super Bee 440 Six Pack
1974 'Cuda
2008 Ram 3500 Diesel
2006 Ram 3500 Diesel
2004.5 Ram 2500 Diesel
2003 Ram 3500 Diesel
2006 Durango Limited
[url] http://1970superbee.piczo.com [/url]
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