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Recommend a fire extinguisher

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  1. azzurribaggio

    azzurribaggio Formula Junior

    Can anyone recommend a good compact fire extinguisher to have in the 430?

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  2. ferraridriver

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  3. Flyingbrick242

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    Someone posted this in the past it had caught my attention. Hope the link below works if not look up
    Element fire extinguisher.
    Good Luck.

     
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  5. Bob in Texas

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    As much as it pains me to say... let it burn. Do you want a car that caught fire, and all that entails.


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  6. azzurribaggio

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    Hmmm interesting train of thought. I don't intend to sell this car so I'm not worried about resale value. But if insurance totals it is the mindset to just buy another one?

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  7. mello

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    I second the car-b-que. Make sure you let it burn to the ground before calling for help. ;)
     
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  8. BlacktopRacing

    BlacktopRacing Formula Junior

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    I hadn't thought aboutit, but the car-b-q concept makes sense. I have a declared value on mine in the event of a total loss. That declared value is $32k more than I paid for the car. That said, just make sure you can get it out of your garage if a fire breaks out there! I park mine in neutral on one of those parking things that you drive up and over. In the event I need to push it out, I can,
     
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  9. azzurribaggio

    azzurribaggio Formula Junior

    Speaking of declared value, can I still do that after the car has been insured? I got mine insured just this past week

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  10. bellwilliam

    bellwilliam Formula Junior

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    I have Element fire extinguisher (1/2 LB) in all of my cars.
    you really do not want a regular 7LB (for a standard 5LB fire bottle) item loosely bolted in a car crash... race cars have strict regulation how to mount fire extinguisher, not your average joe.
     
  11. mello

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    Some ins. co. offer declared value, some don't. Call your ins. agent and find out.
     
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  13. EastMemphis

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    I had a nice air cooled 911 that I had spent years restoring bit by bit. One day, pulling out of the garage, I looked in the mirror to be sure the garage door was going down and I saw flames shooting out of the engine compartment. All in one purposeful motion, I killed the engine, popped the lid, jumped out, grabbed the fire extinguisher I had behind the driver's seat, burned the heck (minor really) out of my hand popping the engine lid up and then sprayed the living heck out of the engine area with a dry chemical extinguisher. The fire burned for maybe 15 seconds and in that time, burned out all the tubes, wires, and lines in that area.

    It took a lot of expensive parts and weeks of screwing around to get the car running again. Luckily, the only outside damage to the perfect paint job was burn marks on the grates in the engine lid. They got pretty toasted and had to be replaced. The car ran much better afterwards and an annoying habit of running rough when wet went away magically.

    The cause of the fire was obvious. A high pressure fuel line had burst spewing fuel all over the engine, then a short in an ignition wire started the fire. The car was worth saving and my quick action minimized the damage to something I could fix myself.
     
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  14. mello

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    Then I can tell you for a fact that AAA doesn't offer it. I ask my AAA agent about it and he stared at me and said, "What's that?" I'm with Grundy now.
     
  15. Flyingbrick242

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    Do yourself a big favor and get this crystal clear regarding your ACV...AAA was not even considered once I found out how they calculate replacement cost..I have Grundy...they understand these type of vehicles..
     
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    Yes. I actually like my car. Flaws and all. If something happens to it I will rebuild it.
     

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