Or .... - see to it that the insurance will pay well enough in case of a total? - live on the edge and don't use an extinguisher, let it burn You probably never will know the fire's origin. However you can tell by opening the distributor. The spot that's totally burnt is most likely the spot where the fire started. We'll meet again. Welmoed. --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Farrar <fhudkins@...> wrote: > > Welmoed, > > I'd say you're right. I will likely never know what caused the fire -- I > am not an expert, and only an expert would be able to look inside the > distributor and theorize as to what happened when -- but I know I will > not take any more chances. That's the widest plug gap I've ever heard > of. Reducing the gap won't hurt anything, and I couldn't tell a huge > difference in "performance" from re-gapping spark plugs. My car is not > very fast: remember, it's an automatic! > > I still think the moral of the story is "keep your fire extinguisher > handy!" :-) > > Farrar Hudkins > #2613 "Sparky" ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/