80t Autopsy

[Marc Swanson]

>     Well now I know what happened.  When I was talking to my sister she
> triggered my brain, which has been offline since the "incident."  While I
> was driving behind Dan right after we left I smelled a slight plastic
> burning smell, probably around Gorham, NH I noticed it.  It was very faint,
> I closed the windows and turned the fan on to see if it was coming from my
> car.  I didn't get any smell anymore, but when I put the windows down I
> smelled it again, for about an hour on and off, but it was so faint.  I
> thought it was brake stink, everyone knows that smell when you bed new
> pads, that smell but definitely not as pungent.

Alex, don't discount your starter wire either...  On my 4ktq when I was 
poking around the engine bay before MW I noticed that my starter wire had 
BURNED through the insulation AND the fire sleeving I had on it because it 
was too close to my downpipe.  After some more carefull routing and new heat 
shielding I had no problems... Just a possibility.  Thick wire routed 
directly to the battery suddenly grounded out could easily cause a fire.

Anyhow I wish you a speedy journey into new wheels!

Later

-Marc-
87 4ktq
88 90q