[Vwdiesel] Starting problems now Airbags.

[Area31 Research Facility]

Bob,

Are you saying this fellow lost a testicle because of crabs? ;)

But seriously, pretty stupid thing to do.  The gene pool could use a little
chlorine.

What is also stupid is that laws allow expensive airbag units to be
remanufactured by outfits more interested in the $$$ than the safety of it's
customers.  I saw an expose on TV about this.  They discovered that
gunpowder was being used IIRC and some bags did not open properly and some
way too violently, causing injuries from the explosion.  I would not
knowingly own a car with rebuilt airbags.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: <slatersfb at aol.com>
To: <h_hagar at prcn.org>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Starting problems now Airbags.


> Last year, 2 crab trappers had hauled in the last of the day's catch &
were loading it into their pick up as night closed in. The trucks headlights
flared momentarily, followed by a POP & then darkness. A search under dash
revealed a blown fuse - the old glass tube type, of which they had no
replacement on hand. They did have a 22 long though which conveniently
snapped right into the fuse holder. Voila, lights! Well whatever short
circuit originally caused the fuse to blow, heated the 22 to ignition point
and shot off the driver's left testicle.
> I don't have copy of the original article, but this had been forwarded to
me last year from a local paper in Arkansas.
>
> Bob in Entire State
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: H . Hagar. <h_hagar at prcn.org>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:17:45 -0700
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Starting problems now Airbags.
>
>
> Jeepers I Hagar wish you guys had NOT said shotgun shell   --- Now I just
have
> to tell
> about my 12 gauge Shell.
>
> "Annabelle"   1960 Land Rover   108 series  2. ----best UTV of all time
> ---PERIOD.
>
> I was  # 3 owner   ---so I did NOT know about 12 gauge Shotgun shell in
the
> midst of LUCAS
> wiring behind dash instruments ---there is NO separation. from  shelf on
either
> de.   ---- Well wiring burned up     and when I flipped instruments
forward ?
> ---there
> in the wiring that was burning was a 12 gauge shotgun shell ---NO
SHIT. -----NO
> it did NOT
> go BANG.
>
> Let me tell you ALL the Rover wires had some kind of braid ---and it
survived a
> LOT better
> than wiring on a VW that shorts out. ------I like AN wire the one with
> fiberglass braid. I
> get mine from an Airforce Dumpster. At Comox. ----Do or DID I wire the
rabbits
> with AN
> wire ?   ---bet your sweet ass.
>
> > A shotgun shell pointed at my head scares me too.
> >
>
>   More like a couple of blasting caps isn't it?
>      Loren
>
>
> Hagar.   -----the chicken-shit.
>
> PS :   NO I do NOT hunt any more ----BUT I do miss it. ----
>
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