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Ted Duke · 06-02-2015, 05:23 PM

Several handfuls of dirt from a freshly dug flower bed will put out a carburetor fire on a 1966 IH pickup, and don't ask me how I know, but clean-up was hell. I had to rebuild it AGAIN!

Of course I had a fire extinguisher, but squeezed the trigger BEFORE I got it aimed and it ran out before it put the fire out. Two lessons learned. AIM carefully, just like your Daddy taught you and don't set the float so high.

06-02-2015, 05:23 PM	#19
Ted Duke Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fairfield, Virginia Posts: 615	Re: Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher Mess? Several handfuls of dirt from a freshly dug flower bed will put out a carburetor fire on a 1966 IH pickup, and don't ask me how I know, but clean-up was hell. I had to rebuild it AGAIN! Of course I had a fire extinguisher, but squeezed the trigger BEFORE I got it aimed and it ran out before it put the fire out. Two lessons learned. AIM carefully, just like your Daddy taught you and don't set the float so high.