meanmaroon951

Hey everybody my car caught fire just after i turned it off when i pulled in the drive ; it was gas leak related probably (further inspection tommorow) I need probably and Wiring harness ; vacuum lines; Oil filler cap ; Fuel lines ;and any thing else you all thought was damaged by the fire ; it didnt burn long maybe 45sec-1minute ; besides new paint I need dismantlers Numbers, addresses, sites, and any of these parts yall have> thanks a million

Perry 951

Sorry to hear.. I feel for you.

First things first, contact your insurance company. DO NOT TOUCH THE CAR UNTIL THEY COME OUT TO SEE IT. Work with them on a settlement or a salvage buy back.

If you decide it is not too bad, and you want to repair it, contact Granny (put up a post of what you need). Granny most likely has what you need.

A word to the wise.. take your time on a fire rebuild. Replace or refurbish anything you think might have been affected by the heat... or the electrical shorts that most likely happened. If you repair it half assed.. it's gonna be nothing but trouble.

Good luck

Cyrus951

Gas leak? Replace your fuel lines with the braided Rennbay units.
Any pics of the damage?

Good luck.

meanmaroon951

No pics yet just happened, just liability insurance

Zero10

Man, that's rough.
Somebody here should be parting out a car and can help you.
I'm afraid of mine catching fire... I have leaky fuel lines.
Hope you get it fixed up again.

meanmaroon951

NOw I recomend everyone keeping a fire extinguisher now ; if not one of those fancy race car systems with remote outlets for the extinguisher (along with my full toolbox in the rear) lol

Legoland951

Is it a 85 early or 85.5 car? Where are you located? I have a 86 rear fire with everything good under the hood.....

SoCal Driver

Check the timing belt! I bought an 86 automatic that had an engine fire much like yours and the timing belt was stuck to one of the pulleys from the heat of the fire.

meanmaroon951

Well good new and bad news mostly good though just the small vaccum lilnes are shot the auxillary air valve is crispy but think it will still work ; most wires are still good (goin to run ground checks on all of them though) The injector wires are toasted and cruise control (opting to delete that now lol) i'll replace plug wires fuel lines injector wires and one injector (ones extracrispy) The culprit seems to be fuel rail bolts coming out and ; speculation until i test it all i'll get pics up later

jason952

where are you located?

meanmaroon951

i apologize (since i was already asked)Richlands virgina ; southwest virginia

i'll check the timing belt but the fire was mainly toward the rear of the engine around the fuel line connection to the fuel rail

turbo944

Hey!!!! Very cool! You are like an hour drive from here! I go to see movies at the Cinemall all the time!

Sorry to hear about the fire.....If you need some help one weekend getting things back together, let me know!!!!!!

turbo944

Oh, also if you need some help finding some things or any help on parts, you might call Mark Finley at Rezoom in Blountville. 423-323-3092 and tell him I mentioned him to you. He races a 951 in PCA events and works on all kinds of cars and has lots of contacts here locally.

944J

ours caught on fire and the fireman said the best thing is a water hose up under it with the hood closed because the steam will create a shower (steam shower) and put it out... he also said that this was better than the fire extinguisher...

meanmaroon951

really all i need that i cant get around here is a injector and fuel lines maybe injector wires; rebuilt injectors i found for 54$ any body have any cheaper?

turbo 944 appreciat the offer but i think i can handle everything just have to round up the parts,cinemall is a very nice theater