Re: [doc] Rich H and Chrispy to the rescue :o)

["Mike Bosworth" <mike.bosworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  which is why its also a good idea to have a fire hammer too, to 
break
>  the windscreen, as getting your legs up there to kick it out 
could be
> problematic at best.



...and I thought it was an anti-chav device :-)


Mike
#2001 HEC6T
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Parnham" <secretary@...>
> To: <doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 10:41 PM
> Subject: RE: [doc] Rich H and Chrispy to the rescue :o)
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> 
> Hi Claire, Richard deserves most of the thanks; he did all the 
running
> around. Glad you are sorted, the last thing you need is hot fuel
> dripping down to your cross over exhaust pipe! Are you carrying a 
large
> fire extinguisher like me?
> 
>  Regards
> 
> Chris P  DOC 2.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf
> Of Claire Usher
> Sent: 11 June 2006 22:35
> To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [doc] Rich H and Chrispy to the rescue :o)
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> today, during day 2 of the Belper show, which was definately hotter
> then yesterday, Rich H and I decided to take a closer look at
> Flopsy's driver's door and tried to get it to latch better, however
> it seems that the door locks are buggered, so a new pair are going 
to
> be aquired from a scrappy in Derby :o)
> 
> Rich also decided to have a look at the timing on Flopsy and found
> that was 2 degrees out and duly rectified this too.  Top bloke!
> 
> However, whilst attending to the timing there was a "why is the top
> of the CPR wet...why is there petrol coming from that hose... 
(engine
> swiftly turned off).  Rich discovered, that one of my swanky 3yr 
old
> fuel hoses that goes from the CPR to the top of the metering head 
was
> leaking where the banjo fitting goes into the hose.  In fact, when
> the hose was removed, little effort was needed to pull the banjo
> fitting out of the hose...worrying for a high pressure part of the
> fuel system :o(  Unfortunately, this particular hose was probably
> about the only thing not lurking under Rich's bonnet, so Phill 
phoned
> Chris P who gave us the great news that he had a selection of fuel
> hoses and yes I could have one.  Rich duly went and fetched the 
hose,
> fitted it on and all is well again.  I shudder to think what could
> have happened as a result of fuel spraying down onto a very hot
> exhaust manifold though.....
> 
> All I can say is huge thanks to Rich and Chris P for getting me out
> of a potentially dangerous situation today.  Thank you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Claire
> #2292
> DOC170
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