Toasted disco!

[pocketrocket]

Hey to all again just thought id post some pics of my now tosted disco!:doh: A bit of routine welding under the front drivers arch turned into a nightmare when a short in some dodgy wiring under the window switches from a previous owner decided it was going to try and kill her off! The only explanation i can come up with as to how it shorted is that one of the battery leads was touching the body whilst the mig was on and created a 240v circuit causing the dodgy wiring to give up! anyway some pics,

ill post some more once ive got the new interior fitted and sorted

 

[DiscoPol]

how did you not notice that starting?

 

[pocketrocket]

i had my head under the wheel arch, and only realised when my dad came round, as he was taking the **** saying that other parts needed doin too and that he didn`t know id had the windows tinted! just glad the whole car didnt go up!

 

[davek0974]

Dude! That interior is ****ed!

Take a couple of hours to fix that

 

[jonny mac]

That happened to me old dears astra, reckon it was probably a smouldering ember from a fag she had a couple of hours previous. The residue was really gungy/sticky and it was stinking. Is yours similar? It was mainly the foam that was burnt in hers though.

 

[Mr Noisy]

Rip it all out - custom wiring loom, no trim, off roader time

 

[disco dude]

There is some bad news chaps that car is now full of toxic fumes and small toxic particles all over the place in there.

I recommend thick rubber gloves, goggles and face mask for a start if your going to pull bits out, be warned its not healthy stuff

 

[Stoneytd5]

i know of a complete disco for 700 if u need

 

[FlyByWire]

Disco dude has a point, the plastic and foams inside become very toxic when burned! Should be fine as long as you don't lick it!

 

[disco dude]

Or get it on your skin

 

[matthew2riches]

Fookin hell!

We always weld vehicles with 2 people so one does the welding and the other passes tools, makes tea and fire watches.

 

[Funkykipper]

Fookin hell!

We always weld vehicles with 2 people so one does the welding and the other passes tools, makes tea and fire watches.

Oh i remember it well from childhood. Water in a fairy liquid bottle, a damp rag and 'if you see flames son, put 'em out'
The smell of smoldering sound proofing rubber stays with me forever.

 

[pocketrocket]

Oh i remember it well from childhood. Water in a fairy liquid bottle, a damp rag and 'if you see flames son, put 'em out'
The smell of smoldering sound proofing rubber stays with me forever.

haha!:5bsmilielol5: like that! yeh the place that i was welding was no where near any combustable stuff id striped eveything out that could catch fire and had the water etc on standby, just dont know how i didnt notice:doh: think it must have been heat more than flame as everything seems to have melted rarther than burned but some good advice re; the rubber gloves, never know whats in the materials, ive already got 90% of the interior just a few bits to finish off

 

[[JP]]

and that he didn`t know id had the windows tinted!

:doh:

LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL

 

[*minty*]

 

[Beneagles]

:nothingtoadd: I just wanted somewhere innocuous to make my 1000th post! :cheer2:

 

[Funkykipper]

:nothingtoadd: I just wanted somewhere innocuous to make my 1000th post! :cheer2:

Congratulations. LOL Quite random.

 

[Mr Noisy]

Congratulations indeed!

I was planning my 2000th post for a little while, and then in the heat of the moment I forgot and ended up at 2003 before I noticed/remembered.

Pretty bummed about that!

 

[Funkykipper]

Congratulations indeed!

I was planning my 2000th post for a little while, and then in the heat of the moment I forgot and ended up at 2003 before I noticed/remembered.

Pretty bummed about that!

There is a very big wide world outside. Might be an idea to go look.