Rehab of the 1992 Blk on Blk

[rkreigh]

you need a B&B to go with that car!

just happen to have one. maybe we can do some horse tradin'

glad to see you bring another one back from the brink

[oricale]

Originally Posted by rkreigh

you need a B&B to go with that car!

just happen to have one. maybe we can do some horse tradin'

glad to see you bring another one back from the brink

Whattya lookin for?????I don't have just 1 horse though....their all tied together...

[We Gone]

Great job, I'ts going to look like new!

[FU]

Real nice job Demp's

[oricale]

Finished up the Rubber and Dyna-matting!..

So for the interior and underside, after the repair to the fiberglass, we:

*sanded and rubberized the underside and Dyna-matted floor joint.
*Removed the compromised joint glue, and re-glued with a black silicone bonding agent(that goop on the right floorboard is OEM...not me)
*Topside was sanded, rubberized the entire floorboard and trans tunnel
*Re-sealed the manual boot ring with the black silicone
*Dyna-matted the floor boards
*Installed a new center console frame


Next up is pulling the dash and installing the Chrome engine.

[oricale]

SO after much interest, The cause of the fire seem to be the VSS, which ether shorted and caught fire or leaked and caught fire. (The 92' that had the same issue had the same type of VSS and was burned in the Exact same area), then once it caught fire it melted/burned the rubber boot around the lower shifter causing the fiberglass damage, as well as traveled up the harness to burn the fwd areas just under the front of the tunnel, until the fire was put out with must have been the entire amount of halon powder allowed in texas.

SOO..I realize it may be a very small portion of vehicles to have this issue ,..however to alleviate any issue that may arise,

To those who still have stock manifolds,..I would recommend:

*Checking the wires(VSS,Reverse lockout ect) to make sure they are not fraying, touching the exhaust,melted ect.
*Put a simple fire barrier in the trans tunnel(dyna-mat, fyre barrier ect)

[bdw18_123]

Originally Posted by oricale

SO after much interest, The cause of the fire seem to be the VSS, which ether shorted and caught fire or leaked and caught fire. The 92' that had the same issue had the same type of VSS and was burned in the Exact same area, then once it caught fire it melted/burned the rubber boot around the lower shifter causing the fiberglass damage, as well as traveled up the harness to burn the fwd areas just under the front of the tunnel, until the fire was put out with must have been the entire amount of halon powder allowed in texas.
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Actually, if I remember correctly, Evan had said the original owner of the '92 you are referring to that I worked on, put the fire out with one of those giant big gulp type sodas that he happened to have on him. Lol!

[oricale]

Originally Posted by bdw18_123

Actually, if I remember correctly, Evan had said the original owner of the '92 you are referring to that I worked on, put the fire out with one of those giant big gulp type sodas that he happened to have on him. Lol!

Unfortunately, in MY case the whole fire extinguisher was used..