[Vwdiesel] Starting problems now Airbags.

Fri Jul 29 12:58:43 EDT 2005

Bob you tease! ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: <slatersfb at aol.com>
To: <mikitka at earthlink.net>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Starting problems now Airbags.

> Having read the original story on the internet as well as the disclaimers,
how can we get to the real truth here? It's a dilema for sure.
> Maybe some person, solid in his beliefs, could put a .22 rimfire (Woa!,
looks like .38 special pictured in the disclaimer) in his fuse box and short
out the appropriate output lead.  Any takers?
>
> Bob In The Entire State
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikitka <mikitka at earthlink.net>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:38:23 -0400
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Starting problems now Airbags.
>
>
> 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
> To: VW diesel mail list <vwdiesel at www.audifans.com>
> 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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