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Re: UR-Q WARMUP FIXED (uh, sorta)



> Please be extremely careful with the propane!!  Propane is HEAVIER than
> air and will collect in any low spot around.  Remember those boating
> movies where the boat blows someone up when they turn on a light?  Not
> fiction.
> 
> Propane is very flamable, explosive.  I wouldn't want your radiator fan to
> come on while you were checking for vacuum leaks!

I must have been in a trance when I typed "propane" ... I meant butane.  My
torch is one of those little hand-held things and, to my knowledge, this is
reasonably safe.  Or have I just been -- gulp -- lucky over the past decade
or so?  As an alternative, starting fluid also works well for this...

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