Small Fire in Center Console
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Car: 89 IROC Z28
Engine: 357 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42 Posi
Small Fire in Center Console
I just finished replacing my alternator Sunday morning. I started the car and everything was fine. I turn the car off but the key was still in the on position when I remembered I needed to put the intake tube back on.
While I was doing that I heard a click, like a relay closing, when got back in the car I noticed smoke coming from the center console. I looked through the opening near the gear shift a saw a small flame and grabbed a torque driver and began removing the screws as fast as I could, and put the fire out.
It was a small fire about the size a cigarette lighter would make.
Everything works fine and I can't see any burnt wires. The flames came from the area between the shifter and the side wall of the console.
I drove the car to a friends house (40 miles round trip), The car ran great the alternator was charging great. It wasn't until I was on the way home that I noticed the turn signals weren't working. I haven't checked the fuses yet but I will next time I go out to the car.
While I was doing that I heard a click, like a relay closing, when got back in the car I noticed smoke coming from the center console. I looked through the opening near the gear shift a saw a small flame and grabbed a torque driver and began removing the screws as fast as I could, and put the fire out.
It was a small fire about the size a cigarette lighter would make.
Everything works fine and I can't see any burnt wires. The flames came from the area between the shifter and the side wall of the console.
I drove the car to a friends house (40 miles round trip), The car ran great the alternator was charging great. It wasn't until I was on the way home that I noticed the turn signals weren't working. I haven't checked the fuses yet but I will next time I go out to the car.
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Car: '88 GTA, 90 Formula
Engine: 5.7 TPI, fed growth hormones
Transmission: 700r4 4u2?
Axle/Gears: 9bolt
Re: Small Fire in Center Console
You have a light bulb that lights up the shifter selector, and since it also turns on with the marker lights, it might be what committed suicide. Welcome to the joys of driving old cars...
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