Adrenaline rush ... Oh No Not Again

[Adrian Southgate]

So, happily sitting in the office, pokey room, front of the house when I hear a car starting, or attempting to start outside, thought to my self ... sounds like my Sierra... why would some prat try to nick that?.. Grabbed the mag light and rushed outside to find the car attempting to self start, full of plastic smoke and being rather toxic, enter headless chicken mode for 30 seconds rushing to get the keys, threw some large heavy objects out of the rear with amazing ease and ripped up the floor plate to get yank the battery lead off.

Total time elapsed less than 3 minutes.

Total damaged caused... toasted wiring loom and a lingering bad smell.

Could have been a whole lot worse as theres 5 litres of tesco's finest unleaded in a can in the back.

 

Anyone got a premier loom for a MK2 escort going begging?

[Adrian Southgate]

@ James, if it wasn't keeping most of the weather out of the black one I'd say take it and remould one from it but it needs repair before it can be used as a mould.

@ Dave, good stuff, i'll check to see what colours I need tomorrow, it might not be completely terminal as it appears to be confined to the area under the dash between the fuse box and the bulkhead. I'll know more in daylight.

[Dave Taylor]

We have cable here, well at Steve Kerry's. escort loom bits. Give me a call.

[James Doulton]

Do you want me to keep the Legerra hardtop safe for you, save it going up in smoke?

[Adrian Southgate]

I have blagged Sue's car for work tomorrow and a lift wed and thurs. Looks like a day off on friday to rewire under the dash and see what wire colours I need to make good. There's nowt on ebay suitable to do a whole loom though.

[Adrian Southgate]

I may just be able to remove some slack in the loom to repair some of the damage, good job really as it would appear premier are no longer trading.

[Adrian Southgate]

Daylight will bring more answers. It was lucky it actuated the starter otherwise it could have smouldered for ages before going up in flames. Happy I stopped it, gutted that I had to,

It could be anyone of a number of things that triggered it but I'm glad it didn't go up as we would have lost the Sierra, the black Leggy and the caravan as they are either side of the Sierra. I always intended to fit a battery cut out like the Legerra and never got round to it, guess what the first job I'm doing is...

[Dave Taylor]

Wow luck it was the middle of the night. What caused it do you know yet?

[James Doulton]

That was a close thing. Better make sure that you park it facing away from the house in case it decides to go for a drive on its own next time! That's really scary - it could have been your whole house up in flames.