Been a while... then this happened
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Been a while... then this happened
Been a very long time since I've logged in. Been working on CB as the GF called it (cranberry blazer) :-( ok we'll call it CB for short!
Anyway, week ago Tuesday I started it like I"ve done 5000 times before with the remote start at work & went to clean out the feral cats' bowl that I have at work. Heard whistling outside, nothing odd about that in that neighborhood.
Walked back to my office & WTF , my brain wasn't believing what my eyes were telling it. Drop the bowl, grab the cell for 911 & the 10 lb extinguisher.
Might have just slowed it down I suppose.
RIP CB, you'll be missed!
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Damn Tom! That sucks!
Good thing those firefighters took their sweet *** time getting that thing put out... As soon as the visible flames were out, one of those slackers should have had a bar in the hood getting it open to get the hose in there. We have even used the spike on a Halligan or pick-axe to punch a few holes in the hood to get the water on the engine, specifically in the area of the HVAC pass-thru to try to limit the amount of fire that makes it to the interior.
As others have said, glad no one was hurt. Could have been a lot worse.
Good thing those firefighters took their sweet *** time getting that thing put out... As soon as the visible flames were out, one of those slackers should have had a bar in the hood getting it open to get the hose in there. We have even used the spike on a Halligan or pick-axe to punch a few holes in the hood to get the water on the engine, specifically in the area of the HVAC pass-thru to try to limit the amount of fire that makes it to the interior.
As others have said, glad no one was hurt. Could have been a lot worse.
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Thank-you all
FD got there in 5 mins, another 2 - 3 mins to get the hose out & pressurized. Not bad I'd say. But still, too little too late.
Loved that truck even with the issues here n there, ball joints, rear diff seals etc. But it did get me into & out of a lot of chit through the years! Even pulled a Kenworth with a loaded 53' flat deck up an icy approach one winter. Gotta love low 4 & Hendricks 32,000 lb recovery straps!
Still feel sick to my stomach looking at pics or videos when ppl ask me "where's the blazer?"
Or they see the rental parked where I parked CB in the yard at work. Or the 1993 Toyota HiLux Surf SSR-X I was looking at. 3L turbo diesel, 31's, 265K on the odometer. Pretty damn good shape except a ticking in the engine (shim on can the cam probably) or the blow by coming out the oil filler cap on the valve cover (bad EGR or butterfly or worse, a ring on a piston) & then the transfer case would 'slip' in low 4 like it went to 2nd gear. Revs like hell but doesn't make you swallow your tongue like low 4 should. Told the owner & he tried it, then high 4, he had better pick-up off the line in high 4. That's not right!
Again thank-you all for my & our loss as blazer owners!
Loved that truck even with the issues here n there, ball joints, rear diff seals etc. But it did get me into & out of a lot of chit through the years! Even pulled a Kenworth with a loaded 53' flat deck up an icy approach one winter. Gotta love low 4 & Hendricks 32,000 lb recovery straps!
Still feel sick to my stomach looking at pics or videos when ppl ask me "where's the blazer?"
Or they see the rental parked where I parked CB in the yard at work. Or the 1993 Toyota HiLux Surf SSR-X I was looking at. 3L turbo diesel, 31's, 265K on the odometer. Pretty damn good shape except a ticking in the engine (shim on can the cam probably) or the blow by coming out the oil filler cap on the valve cover (bad EGR or butterfly or worse, a ring on a piston) & then the transfer case would 'slip' in low 4 like it went to 2nd gear. Revs like hell but doesn't make you swallow your tongue like low 4 should. Told the owner & he tried it, then high 4, he had better pick-up off the line in high 4. That's not right!
Again thank-you all for my & our loss as blazer owners!