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Post by Rich© on Jan 7, 2012 20:04:37 GMT -5
1989 Delta 88 thats getting the fireax, BFH, and Big Bertha (10' prybar) treatment today so it can goto the crusher.
I was torching the bumper off. The front pipe that the bumper bolted to no problem, came right off.
Inside the body of the car where the subframe bolts the pipe that connected to the bumper runs through.
I was torching that and there was liquid inside of there and when I torched it that liquid squirted out and caught fire just like gasoline. Like to sheet myself when it started shooting fire everywhere. We got it doused with a water bucket and started ripping apart elsewhere after that lil stunt.
What in the hell is that liquid inside those tubes that are to absorb the collision of the bumper, that go through the cars body where the subframe bolts that is so damn flammable?
Thanks.
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Post by Angus in NCMO® on Jan 7, 2012 22:58:48 GMT -5
not sure what it is ... but BTDT too. Used to get prospective racecars from the junkyard and strip them down, and encountered this little flash fire on every bumper.
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Post by Rich© on Jan 7, 2012 23:44:43 GMT -5
Scared the hell out of me and the boy both when it happened. I don't know if it is usually under pressure or from me heating the tube with the torch caused it to pee out in the stream like it did but I'm damn glad it didn't shoot towards me. I was NOT expecting that!
Very first conviction was that I had somehow not paid attention and got the gas line. Knew that wasn't right... we'd had a fireworks show had that been the case.
I know this much. Chopping up a car with a subframe sucks. I'd rather do a pickup anyday over one of these mid sized cars.
I havn't really done any searching on the net yet about what that fluid is. Keep thinking someone here is in the know about it. I will find out though. That was a suprise I didn't appreciate.
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Post by Hobbyfarmer on Jan 8, 2012 3:59:59 GMT -5
cheap brake fluid
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Post by 2+2, MN on Jan 8, 2012 22:33:24 GMT -5
really thin oil/brakefluid. I torched lots of bumpers off derby cars in prep to attach the Chrysler V bumper. Just torch along the side the tube so it can be let out then let it burn a bit, finsh cutting and let it fall off.
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Post by Rich© on Jan 9, 2012 9:07:42 GMT -5
Why is it in there?
This car doesn't have air bags so it wasn't for a deployment setup.
I dont' understand the reason for that liquid or hydralic cushion in there.
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Post by John SD on Jan 9, 2012 10:42:56 GMT -5
Why is it in there? This car doesn't have air bags so it wasn't for a deployment setup. I dont' understand the reason for that liquid or hydralic cushion in there. Rich, I think that is Uncle Sam's infamous "5 mph impact" bumper requirement. My late '70s Impalas have what looks like shock absorbers incorporated into the bumper mounts. I think whatever juice supposed to be in them has leaked out long ago.
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Post by 2+2, MN on Jan 9, 2012 23:55:32 GMT -5
right, softens the impact, Here if your not putting a stringer bumper on the car to derby you let the gas/juice nd ram the bumper with the skidloader and weld it back up so it solid.
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Post by gr ecks on Jan 10, 2012 22:34:31 GMT -5
Around here they just get hauled in, no cutting apart.
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Post by Rich© on Jan 11, 2012 9:24:36 GMT -5
Around here they just get hauled in, no cutting apart. That only works if you have the title. If you don't have the title, then you have to cut it apart so it comes in as parts. Attachments:
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Post by Rich© on Jan 11, 2012 9:41:26 GMT -5
Not to mention you make more money seperating the steel off of crusher tin.
Dirty motors bring better money too instead of being part of the car.
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Post by John SD on Jan 11, 2012 11:25:49 GMT -5
Dang Rich, it's still a shock that you're sending a car off to the crusher that is 10+ years newer than the cars I drive! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Rich© on Jan 11, 2012 15:14:17 GMT -5
Dang Rich, it's still a shock that you're sending a car off to the crusher that is 10+ years newer than the cars I drive! ;D ;D ;D People have clunkers they need rid of. Either tired of being threatened for a ticket because they sit on the street to long or have become an eyesore in thier yard or they are moving and don't want to mess with it... or..... they leave town and abandon it and I get a call to get it. It's gravy money. I wish I could get my hands on more of them. The parts I rob off different vehicles make nice parts for other lil projects once in awhile and make the build sheet cost lower. I don't think I'm going to have to buy a blade fuse for awhile. I pulled a real good 351 engine out of that ford pickup last year with the computer and traded it to a mechanic for work on a tractor that involved a fair amount of labor and some parts. I had 50 bucks in that pickup I pulled the engine out of and I got the frame that a box fit I had and made a trailer out of. Traded the 5 speed Transmission to a friend that found me a door for an old truck I needed and did not have acess to any around the area. The loose change you find in vehicles adds up sometimes and other odds and ends of things that are interesting to read. Wish I could get my hands on more of these vehicles. Specially pickups.. man, those are the easiest to rip apart. It's easy money and if there is one thing I am good at it's tearing things all to hell. Attachments:
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Post by Rich© on Jan 11, 2012 15:17:20 GMT -5
Here's the frame getting turned into a trailer John. Attachments:
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Post by Rich© on Jan 11, 2012 15:19:38 GMT -5
Gutting it out. Attachments:
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