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 amazeer
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| posted on November 21st, 2008 at 11:12 PM |
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fire extinguishers
As an FYI, Aldi supermarkets have dry chem extinguishers at the moment, appear to be metal brackets for just $18
http://www.aldi.com.au/au/html/offers/2867_6482.htm
Would be good for those people contemplating doing a bit of racing (eg the motorkhana and nationals supersprint threads)
Or for people with the fire paranoia that seems to go round with VW drivers sometimes.
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68AutoBug
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 posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 AM |
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Yes
they look good...
every VW should have at least one of these maybe two..
Lee
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- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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| posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 01:16 AM |
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my old kombi caught fire... the wire loom at the ignition came loose and the wires twisted and touched when i turned the key. Also one other time
doing a small patch of welding and a spark jumped onto something flamable... no real damage though.
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| posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 08:08 AM |
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these are metal bracket as well
A lot have the plastic which isnt acceptable for CAMS
Futue te ipsum!!!
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68AutoBug
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| posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 08:40 PM |
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Fire extinguishers with a metal head can be refilled very cheaply too...
Plastic heads cannot be refilled...
the later fire extinguishers usually have plastic heads and plastic brackets...
Lee
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| posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Bizarre
these are metal bracket as well
A lot have the plastic which isnt acceptable for CAMS
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and the stupidity of that rule is that even the metal brackets arent crash tested. If you have an impact with a 1kg fire extinguisher, say hit a
barrier and have a a 5G impact, would the bracket hold? I dunno, pick up a large hammer and give any of the brackets a whack and let me know. Who is
to say the metal bracket is stronger than the plastic? The metal bracket that held mine in was shit. Flimsy bit of wire for a catch??? Great for
mounting to a kitchen wall. I mounted it into the car using the bracket but used hose clamps to hold it in.
But anyway, thats just another of my rants against rules that were made for the sake of having rule. I've got 100's of them.
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on November 23rd, 2008 at 12:37 PM |
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geez i have a plastic bracket one in my car................not one scutineer has ever said anything 
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amazeer
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| posted on November 23rd, 2008 at 12:54 PM |
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but I bet your harness is less than 5 years old. should I go on another rant? naah not yet.
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| posted on November 23rd, 2008 at 01:15 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Craig Torrens
geez i have a plastic bracket one in my car................not one scutineer has ever said anything
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i guess that makes all your wins invalid ??
Futue te ipsum!!!
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on November 23rd, 2008 at 01:17 PM |
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nup because it passed scutineering !
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