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Posted by: 914itis Jan 17 2014, 03:50 PM
Just got the pic from my brother in GA.
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Posted by: r_towle Jan 17 2014, 03:53 PM
did you just drill a hole to mount an amp?
Rich
Posted by: 914itis Jan 17 2014, 03:58 PM
did you just drill a hole to mount an amp?
Rich
My brother, yep.
Posted by: JawjaPorsche Jan 17 2014, 04:03 PM
Is that gas from the fuel tank? 
or water from the radiator? 
Posted by: 914itis Jan 17 2014, 04:05 PM
Yes it is
Posted by: Jonathan Livesay Jan 17 2014, 04:16 PM
Gonna need another cup or two.
Expensive amp installation. 
Posted by: 914itis Jan 17 2014, 04:19 PM
3 gallons last time I spoke to him
Posted by: r_towle Jan 17 2014, 04:32 PM
not that I know, but remove the tank strap, pull up on the tank, really hard.
pull up on passenger side.
A tank can be removed in less than 30 seconds....
Posted by: Jonathan Livesay Jan 17 2014, 04:33 PM
Thank-you, I am sure a lot of us are feeling slightly less dumb with regard to the worst eff-up we have ever committed while working on our cars. 
Well at least I am. 
Posted by: 914_teener Jan 17 2014, 04:49 PM
Tell ya"ll story 'bout a man named Jeb........
Workin on his Teener tryin to keep his family fed.....
Then one day .....while workin near the wheel....
Bubblin out the front and feeling like a heel.....
Sorry guys couldn't resist....lest I doom myself to do the same. Thanks for sharing the misfortune so I don't.... or less likely to.
Posted by: pt_700 Jan 17 2014, 05:21 PM
OMFG, thanks for sharing.
a long, long time ago, in a past lifetime, i made the same mistake...
i woke up my room-mate and dear friend to hold his finger over the leak, dutch boy style while i crawled beneath to drain the fuel.
can't blame that one on some dumb p.o.!
Posted by: FourBlades Jan 17 2014, 05:25 PM
Nice reminder for people!
If you laughed at this then maybe you won't forget it later.
John
Posted by: timothy_nd28 Jan 17 2014, 05:35 PM
Just got the pic from my brother in GA.
Looks like Si Robertson's cup, you two kin?
Posted by: Woody Jan 17 2014, 05:41 PM
Actually I see tons of stuff like this from stereo shops. It never amazes me what they drill through.
Posted by: jimkelly Jan 17 2014, 06:04 PM
fast syphon needed.
though i can not believe the tank is that close to the floor board that it would flow thru itself and thru the floor board so completely. hum
Posted by: Chris H. Jan 17 2014, 06:13 PM
not that I know, but remove the tank strap, pull up on the tank, really hard.
pull up on passenger side.
A tank can be removed in less than 30 seconds....
Absolutely...tip that sucker up...probably stop leaking immediately...you'll have to do it anyway to plug it temporarily. On the bright side...thankfully no significant sparks were generated....that would have been a REAL PROBLEM.
Posted by: Spoke Jan 17 2014, 06:25 PM
Hopefully he pulled the car out of the garage. It's bad enough to torch a car. Hate to see the house or garage go with it.
A while back I watched one of those "cops" shows where the fire department and police were called to a house on fire. The distraught friend was explaining that he was fixing his car in his friend's garage messing with the gas tank and it ignited. Very scary to think about.
Hope he gets it resolved peacefully.
Posted by: 914itis Jan 17 2014, 06:35 PM
Hopefully he pulled the car out of the garage. It's bad enough to torch a car. Hate to see the house or garage go with it.
A while back I watched one of those "cops" shows where the fire department and police were called to a house on fire. The distraught friend was explaining that he was fixing his car in his friend's garage messing with the gas tank and it ignited. Very scary to think about.
Hope he gets it resolved peacefully.
Thanks, he got it out of the garage and drained the tank completely . It's all safe now.
He got his carpet set today and wanted to start driving over the weekend for the first time.
Oh well!
Posted by: Triaddave Jan 17 2014, 06:35 PM
OK, I was stupid once too. I had the car parked outside in a make shift car port and thought it was a good idea to put some rolled roofing under to keep moisture from coming up... I had a fuel leak. that turned the roofing into a gooey mess and a extreme fire hazard connected to my house. I had to build a 1800 sq.ft. shop to fix it.
Posted by: ruby914 Jan 17 2014, 06:40 PM
It is good to see he grabbed a cup before taking the time to take the photo. 
That's a strong stream to be coming out of the tank and hitting the fire wall hole just right.
on 2nd thought don't light that.
Posted by: r_towle Jan 17 2014, 06:46 PM
fast syphon needed.
though i can not believe the tank is that close to the floor board that it would flow thru itself and thru the floor board so completely. hum
It's touching there....a good square foot or so.
Posted by: pete000 Jan 17 2014, 06:51 PM
I drilled into a brake line on my old Corrado once ! I cried !
Measure twice cut once they say !
Posted by: 2mAn Jan 17 2014, 07:13 PM
I was changing a fuel pump on my Rabbit (outside in the rain) and I put a towel on the ground so I wasnt laying down on wet concrete. The towel got some fuel on it and when messing with the pump, tightening it down the tool arc'd against the power wire for the pump and the towel caught on fire. I dragged it out into the rain and watched it burn. The HOA wasnt too happy with me lol
Posted by: worn Jan 17 2014, 09:53 PM
Just got the pic from my brother in GA.
Like they say. Public service done. I tank you from the bottom of my sender.
Posted by: 914itis Jan 17 2014, 11:00 PM
Thanks Scotty , I will take you on that offer.
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