On fire !!

[Soundofav6]

A good buddy of mine lost her Kombi to engine fire many years ago too. It was a burnt out shell in less than 5 mins

I too think they should be compulsory. Some people laugh at me for for mine, but if your in a 1200kg box of steel that can go at 100kph+ with a 55L tank of extremely flammable liquid mounted underneath... dont YOU think its a good idea to get a 1kg anti-fire bottle?!?!

Thats right guys go get one!!

Just an update, after endless calls to incompetant claim persons and many many different ALSO miss leading procedures.. It should be out of the salvage yard (grave yard in my opinion) by tomorrow.

Absolutely hate dealing with insurance, especially waiting inline and talking to those menopausal ladieS giving me wrong instructions, costing me time a whole week 8 days to be exact! Instead, this could have been done the next day upon arriving at the yard !!! SOOOO PISSED OFF

[DubSteve]

How much is it costing you to fix Louis?

[Golf Houso]

Thats right guys go get one!!

Just an update, after endless calls to incompetant claim persons and many many different ALSO miss leading procedures.. It should be out of the salvage yard (grave yard in my opinion) by tomorrow.

Absolutely hate dealing with insurance, especially waiting inline and talking to those menopausal ladieS giving me wrong instructions, costing me time a whole week 8 days to be exact! Instead, this could have been done the next day upon arriving at the yard !!! SOOOO PISSED OFF

Well as long as it doesn't get to 14 weeks, after countless calls like I did when a 64yo chinese guy drove into me at a give way, you should be glad!

Insurance is the most unpleasant feature of car ownership next to injuries

[Golf Loon]

Yeah sounds like you have the ****s with NRMA mate.

They are awkward to deal with though, I had to talk to some lady for 30mins before they would release the car to me. I only needed to give em the address for the tow truck.

Lucky escape for your car Louis, it had all the auction stickers on the window, it was pulled out of the sale yard.

I cant believe they were gonna write it off, I separated the burnt wires and turned the key and it started!

Plenty of burnt wires, I wonder if this is caused by your broken wiper Louis? It has an electrical meltdown in the auxillary loom in front of the driver above the brake booster!

Bit of auto electrical love and she should be right mate.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Keep us updated!!

Wrecked, over a bit of burnt wire? Wtf?? That's SILLY. After all, it's a mad colour..couldn't see a car like that go to waste

[Soundofav6]

Yeah sounds like you have the ****s with NRMA mate.

They are awkward to deal with though, I had to talk to some lady for 30mins before they would release the car to me. I only needed to give em the address for the tow truck.

Lucky escape for your car Louis, it had all the auction stickers on the window, it was pulled out of the sale yard.

I cant believe they were gonna write it off, I separated the burnt wires and turned the key and it started!

Plenty of burnt wires, I wonder if this is caused by your broken wiper Louis? It has an electrical meltdown in the auxillary loom in front of the driver above the brake booster!

Bit of auto electrical love and she should be right mate.

Those incompetant NRMA inspecters should be shot!!
auction stickers ????? b#$%ards ! Luck I pulled away all my valuable bits..

I am so glad it's in safe hands now. I saw those people moving other cars using a fork lift, so painfull to watch. !!!

[DubSteve]

Does this mean your getting the car back Louis whats the go?

[Soundofav6]

Does this mean your getting the car back Louis whats the go?

thats right......Can't wait...!!!!! If things go to plan.. by the end of the week

Third week already !!!

[Golf Loon]

There are a few bits missin mate, grille and tow hook cover on the rear to name 2. Hope you have em safe.

The bloody fire extinguiser powder is evil man.

Heaps of burnt wires mate, it must be wiper related, the motor has been pulling loadsa amps and melted stuff I reckon.

[Soundofav6]

lol... I striped off everything that is detachable, grille, lip, stearo, sub, amp, I was even thinking of taking the glove box... after those buggers caredless about my tow covers, I was taking no chances....

Speaking of which., could you unhook the amp wiring from the battery before that causes any short.

if you can pour a bucket of water ova the extingishing power, those stuff are toxic, I had my times with them.

[gpk_gti]

so im a bit confused... who has the car now?? did loon buy it????

is it gettin repaired now?

[Golf Loon]

It still belongs to Louis, I am fixing it.

Bucket of water! More like high pressure hose.

Glad the booty is safe with you man.

[vee_dub]

Louis...how u doing man???
Havent heard from u in a whille....is the beast ok??any update?

[Golf Loon]

I reckon you shoulda taken the insurance money mate and bought the salvage back.

The job is progressing with the help of mastertech beau.

So far as we can tell the aftermarket alarm overloaded the loom and melted it all the way along under the dash and welded the connector into the fusebox.

We are changing the fusebox and entire loom. Phew

So far dash is out, most of the engine bay is pulled apart and there are wires everywhere.

We are using a post 1995 loom, with a factory immobilizer, so no-one can steal the car and it wont meltdown again. That does however mean even more swopping of wires and changing the ignition key.

We were there till midnight yesterday and are still going. It`ll work eventually, but just be warned about the evils of splicing things into your car looms people.

I`m also gonna tidy your amp wiring and reroute the carbon canister hose Louis.

Should be done early next week.

[The_Hawk]

So you had to pull the dash out in the end. Bad luck on that one

On the upside, moving the carbon canister means a cold air intake is piss easy to put in! Yay for CAI!