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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 1:18 pm 
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starts wisping up from under the dash of a Mini. I broke all records leaping out of the car, opening the boot and yanking off the earth lead in one very rapid movement!

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Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 3:35 pm 
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Been there done that , fire in the boot when the battery shorted on the body the contents of the boot have never been emptied so fast .

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:03 pm 
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and this...

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:16 pm 
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Location: Sydney - strangely, I am glad of the sight of hills!!
Move this fast?

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:31 pm 
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Friend of mine was driving along in his Mk2 Cortina rally car (battery and fuel tank in the boot) and thought he could smell something odd. Dismissed it thinking someone else's car is burning oil. After a bit, smell gets stronger, like real bad close smell, and looks in the rear view mirror to see the smoke screen he's creating! Leaps out, opens the boot, it's on fire. A bicycle wheel had jumped about and shorted out the battery. The burning spokes had set the carpet on fire. Reckons he'd never moved so quick...

Speaking of twin tanks, when I installed the RH tank in my car, I just didn't feel comfortable with the terminals so close to the tank even with a cover. So I bought the biggest battery I could find that fits in the box, with the terminals on the other side towards the spare wheel. There was enough slack in the +ive cable to reach. Had to chop the battery box a bit but I feel better with it that way...

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Dry suspension
1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:39 pm 
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I think he beats me Mick! WTF was he doing on that deck?! Was it the launcher lid popping open that got him going? He seemed to be strolling before he launched himself... :-)

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Dry suspension
1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 6:05 pm 
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Have you inadvertently let the smoke out of the wires on your classic British
car? This, then, is the solution to your problem!

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Here is presented for your perusal one Lucas Replacement Wiring Harness Smoke
kit, P/N 530433, along with the very rare Churchill Tool 18G548BS adapter tube
and metering valve. These kits were supplied surreptitiously to Lucas factory technicians
as a trouble-shooting and repair aid for the rectification of
chronic electrical problems on a plethora of British cars. The smoke is metered,
through the fuse box, into the circuit which has released it's original smoke
until the leak is located and repaired. The affected circuit is then rectified
and the replacement smoke re-introduced. An advantage over the cheap repro smoke
kits currently available is the exceptionally rare Churchill metering valve and
fuse box adapter. It enables the intrepid and highly skilled British Car
Technician to meter the precise amount of genuine Lucas smoke required by the
circuit.
Unlike the cheap, far-eastern replacement DIYsmoke offered by the "usual
suppliers", this kit includes a filter to ensure that all the smoke is of
consistent size, It has been our experience in our shop that the reproduction Taiwanese
smoke is often "lumpy", which will cause excessive
resistance in our finely-engineered British harnesses and components. This is
often the cause of failure in the repro electrical parts currently available,
causing much consternation and misplaced cursing of the big three suppliers.
These kits have long been the secret weapon of the "Ultimate
Authorities" in the trade, and this may be the last one available. Be
forewarned, though, that it is not applicable to any British vehicle built after
the discontinuing of bullet connectors, so you Range Rover types are still on
your own...
This Genuine Factory Authorized kit contains enough smoke to recharge the
entire window circuit on a 420 Jaguar, and my dear friend and advisor George
Wolf of British Auto Specialty assures me that he can replace ALL the smoke in a
W&F Barrett All-Weather Invalid Car(147 CC) with enough left over to test a
whole box of Wind-Tone horns for escaped smoke. How much more of an endorsement
do you need?
More, you say? Well, I once let the smoke out of the overdrive wiring on my
friend Roger Hankey's TR3B, and was able to drive over 200 miles home from The
Roadster Factory Summer Party by carefully introducing smoke into the failed
circuit WITHOUT even properly repairing the leak. Another friend, Richard
Stephenson, was able to repair the cooling fan circuit of his Series 1 E-type by
merely replacing a fuse and injecting a small quantity of smoke back into the
wires. So there!


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:00 am 
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mickmini wrote:
Move this fast?


Yepp he ran pretty quick when the VLS hatch popped open. The propellant would have been chasing his heels as the venting system for the launchers vent up and across so would have been following him all the way around the corner...a new set of dungarees would be needed I think...lol

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:05 am 
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I had that happen to me driving down the M2 and my dash started to smoke. filled the cabin I didn't jump out though I stayed and fight lol
found the issue and now have the dash all rewired

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:48 pm 
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VLS? would that be Vertical Launch System?
Oldblade, you're braver man than I!!

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1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:53 pm 
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Those little VLS skyrockets are quite neat...however

03 October 1952, Montebello's..off Western Australia

Brits blew the crap out of HMS Pym anchored off Trimouille Island with a device approximately the same size as Hiroshima, the nice men invited a bunch of Aussie servicemen to watch the show at close quarters..."turn away from the blast"....covered, closed eyes "saw" the skeletons of their hands.

1956 a second and a third, at the time officially described as 68 Kiloton...

1984...finally they came clean...98 Kiloton, 5 times the Hiroshima yield.

Medical and DNA changes proven in those that attended.

Thank goodness Dad seems to have (mostly) got away with it....unlike a bunch of his shipmates on HMAS Macquarie.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 6:57 pm 
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EVERYBODY that owns a mini should have some sort of cover and clamp setup over the battery in the boot , be it the type that you can buy from most mini suppliers or insertion rubber ( at least ) to stop metal objects bouncing around in the boot contacting the battery terminals .

How many people carry some spare fuel and loose tools in the boot of their mini , or have done so at some stage in their time as a mini owner , i remember that i have done so as a young fella many years ago, just the design of the mini boot lends itself to disaster , IE: a quick squirt around a good corner , next thing something metal like the spare fuel can or odd tool falls over and lands on the uncovered battery terminals :shock: , Sh!t what just happened :cry: .

Sorry for ranting "deluxe 67 " i don't know the reason for the flame up in the first place but i have heard of this story too many times over the years .

The other piece of advice i would give to help for the quick removal of the power source would be to fit a battery isolater in the boot , sure beats trying to find a pair of sidecutters or a spanner to fit the battery lead /clamp in a hurry , trust me i have one and have been in this situation and it was very quick to turn the Isolator off to stop too much damage .


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:27 pm 
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goodie wrote:
The other piece of advice i would give to help for the quick removal of the power source would be to fit a battery isolater in the boot , sure beats trying to find a pair of sidecutters or a spanner to fit the battery lead /clamp in a hurry , trust me i have one and have been in this situation and it was very quick to turn the Isolator off to stop too much damage .


Alternator-ly, fit a battery Isolator switch under the front seat...or someplace equally easy to reach :idea:

http://www.bcf.com.au/Product/Battery-S ... lsrc=aw.ds

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:37 pm 
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The only thing in my boot is the spare wheel. I use the rear bins for stuff like my tool kit, fire extinguisher and car jack (in a bag). Have a battery cover and the negative battery cable is just tightened enough it's snug but removable with a few twists and a yank, no spanner required...

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Dry suspension
1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:37 am 
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Good call my battery is exposed in the boot I’ll now go and get that sorted

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