[Vwdiesel] Starting problems now Airbags.

[mikitka]

The 22 shell thing is false.  See this link,
http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/fuse.asp


Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of slatersfb at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 1:12 PM
To: dieseltdi at verizon.net; vwdiesel at www.audifans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Starting problems now Airbags.

Well, I guess if it was on The Discovery Channel's Mythbusters, it must be
true.
I wouldn't bet either testicle, having seen wire as fat as a pencil glowing
red hot from a dead short. 
 
Bob In The Entire State
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: dieseltdi at verizon.net
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Sent: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:31:32 -0500
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Starting problems now Airbags.


This story has been told so many times and in so many different parts of the
country that it finally showed up on the Discovery Channel's Mythbusters.
Turns out that there is not enough current in ANY fused circuit to set off a
22 shell. TheY really had to put the power to it (more than could be had in
any fused circuit on the car) AND cause a short to generate enough heat to
set off the shell. Another URBAN MYTH BUSTED!!!!!! Hayden 
On Jul 28, 2005, at 6:07 AM, slatersfb at aol.com wrote: 
 
> 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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