Paul Linfoot's RS500 on fire at Croft!
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29-06-2008, 06:24 PM
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What a day ,lol
The car was going real well until we ( me and Paul tough ) heard popping and banging from the engine bay , i kept going until the car just cut out and i pulled of the track .
we sat for a while and thought the smoke was from the brakes ( this was happeneing all day so i didnt worry ) Paul then said " that doesnt smell like brakes " so we jumped out lifted the bonnet to see flames behind the engine .
Paul quickly passed me the small fire ext i carry in the car and i put it out
I got towed back to the pit garages but by the time we got back the bulkhead sound proofing had started again so more blasts with the large Fire ext, sorted it until i could get some damp clothes on it to stop the smoldering pad from starting again
What caused it ??
well it was simply that the clutch cable moved and touched the back of the alternator and that caused it to get hot until it fired the rubber gator that sits in the bell housing , and that lit the bulkhead pads .
Other than the rubber gator and the sound proof padding oh and a rather fried clutch cable there is no damage , just a good steam clean and some polish on the alloy bits and a good bufty on the paint and its fine .
All i can say is thank god i had the little extinguisher in the car or i would now not own a 500 .
Thanks to those who helped in the pits running for water etc
Paul
ps, i will have it back up and running and all polished by this time 2moro
The car was going real well until we ( me and Paul tough ) heard popping and banging from the engine bay , i kept going until the car just cut out and i pulled of the track .
we sat for a while and thought the smoke was from the brakes ( this was happeneing all day so i didnt worry ) Paul then said " that doesnt smell like brakes " so we jumped out lifted the bonnet to see flames behind the engine .
Paul quickly passed me the small fire ext i carry in the car and i put it out
I got towed back to the pit garages but by the time we got back the bulkhead sound proofing had started again so more blasts with the large Fire ext, sorted it until i could get some damp clothes on it to stop the smoldering pad from starting again
What caused it ??
well it was simply that the clutch cable moved and touched the back of the alternator and that caused it to get hot until it fired the rubber gator that sits in the bell housing , and that lit the bulkhead pads .
Other than the rubber gator and the sound proof padding oh and a rather fried clutch cable there is no damage , just a good steam clean and some polish on the alloy bits and a good bufty on the paint and its fine .
All i can say is thank god i had the little extinguisher in the car or i would now not own a 500 .
Thanks to those who helped in the pits running for water etc
Paul
ps, i will have it back up and running and all polished by this time 2moro
Last edited by Mr RS500; 29-06-2008 at 06:27 PM.
29-06-2008, 06:33 PM
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Bloody hell mate im gutted for you.I seen the car on the trailer with white dust all over it and thought rather someone has gone silly with a few lines of coke or the car has been on fire. I hope ypu get it back to the top standard that it is.Its a loverly car and i thought you were mad taking a top quality car like that on track.
29-06-2008, 06:36 PM
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Bloody hell mate im gutted for you.I seen the car on the trailer with white dust all over it and thought rather someone has gone silly with a few lines of coke or the car has been on fire. I hope ypu get it back to the top standard that it is.Its a loverly car and i thought you were mad taking a top quality car like that on track.
The car has no damage to paint etc . the dust from the fire ext makes it look worse than it was
Im prety sure that i will have it all cleaned and polished back as it was ( if not better ) with a few hours work
29-06-2008, 06:37 PM
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Just proves how important it is to upgrade things like that Paul! And to carry the fire extinguisher too!
29-06-2008, 06:44 PM
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lucky mate,class car would have being a real shame if it went up. hope dublin went well. Great to see a car being drove to these places, knowing you gave it a good trashing to.Not bubble wrapped and trailered. cretit to you........BELL END still rolling over thinking of that comment..........................................c lassic...Chat at Ford Fair...
29-06-2008, 06:46 PM
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good to catch up,at least the shows are good for that.
29-06-2008, 06:47 PM
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lucky mate,class car would have being a real shame if it went up. hope dublin went well. Great to see a car being drove to these places, knowing you gave it a good trashing to.Not bubble wrapped and trailered. cretit to you........BELL END still rolling over thinking of that comment..........................................c lassic...Chat at Ford Fair...
29-06-2008, 06:47 PM
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lucky mate,class car would have being a real shame if it went up. hope dublin went well. Great to see a car being drove to these places, knowing you gave it a good trashing to.Not bubble wrapped and trailered. cretit to you........BELL END still rolling over thinking of that comment..........................................c lassic...Chat at Ford Fair...
Dublin was awsome
we did have a few problems tho mate , hence we didnt make the show , will tell you more at Ford Fair
29-06-2008, 06:54 PM
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Its Nolan by the way paul.........Cant wait heading with packie in his car. Frist ford fair. Not ta worry you missed feck all anyway packie got 3rd in show. Good car you sold him....................
29-06-2008, 08:01 PM
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29-06-2008, 09:15 PM
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just heard the news from borderfox paul 
so so gutted that this happened but so so delighted that you got it in time.. im sure no 366 will be back better than ever glad you enjoyed dublin mate we will catch up at fordfair.
so so gutted that this happened but so so delighted that you got it in time.. im sure no 366 will be back better than ever glad you enjoyed dublin mate we will catch up at fordfair.
29-06-2008, 09:20 PM
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I was gutted when word got too us... Pleased to see it's not as bad as the rumours said it was.
I did pop over saturday night to say hello but as you have no I dea who I am, and it was busy round you, I didn't bother.
I did pop over saturday night to say hello but as you have no I dea who I am, and it was busy round you, I didn't bother.
29-06-2008, 09:41 PM
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Really glad this car was saved. Ive swapped my lines in the bay for braided and have always carried a small extinguisher with me. Amazing to think that £10 for the extinguisher and £50 ish for the lines have saved you Thousands. Kinda hits home hard in a scene thats power dominated rather than sensible.
looking forward to seeing this car again soon Paul.
looking forward to seeing this car again soon Paul.
30-06-2008, 06:26 AM
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Really glad this car was saved. Ive swapped my lines in the bay for braided and have always carried a small extinguisher with me. Amazing to think that £10 for the extinguisher and £50 ish for the lines have saved you Thousands. Kinda hits home hard in a scene thats power dominated rather than sensible.
looking forward to seeing this car again soon Paul.
looking forward to seeing this car again soon Paul.
How did you do in concourse mate ???
30-06-2008, 06:51 AM
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paul i was the lad who was talking to you about the RS500 down at the haynes manual car museum on the saturday.The RS500 in the museum looks nice and it only had about 44000 mile on.To be honest though yours looks nicer than that 1 though.I thought the 1 in the museum could do witn a good polish cause it had a few light scratches on it.
30-06-2008, 07:28 AM
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Glad the car will be ok.
Didnt think much of the laughter you could hear as people watched tho.
And why didnt they all get out of the way???????
Didnt think much of the laughter you could hear as people watched tho.
And why didnt they all get out of the way???????
30-06-2008, 07:42 AM
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Felt so gutted for you Paul 
was such a shame.
Looking back though how much did things change when we sussed something wasnt just right, from the laid back yeah its cool we are ok thumbs up to the marshal to the $hit we are on fire ££££££££ scenario.
As so many people have already said though glad its not as bad as it could have been.
was such a shame.Looking back though how much did things change when we sussed something wasnt just right, from the laid back yeah its cool we are ok thumbs up to the marshal to the $hit we are on fire ££££££££ scenario.
As so many people have already said though glad its not as bad as it could have been.
