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09-12-2015, 07:45 AM | #121 | |||
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Do you honestly think that Ford would cover up such a finding if it was something else and risk possibly one of the best cars they have released lately wit a fire risk and possibly kill people in the process. Dont think so!! You know by the fact that there are recalls on cars by Ford, that they fix and advise any faults they find. This would be no different. Pull your head in.. |
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09-12-2015, 08:07 AM | #122 | ||||
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But that doesn't mean thats what happened in this case, seems to be unique in that given that how many Rangers are on the road with a similar or same engine bay there have been little issues. |
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09-12-2015, 08:12 AM | #123 | |||
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09-12-2015, 08:50 AM | #124 | |||
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Ford will write up SOP for this and send it to all the relevant personal. Few other companies had the same issue. That's why the US changed the rules over there.
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09-12-2015, 09:17 AM | #125 | ||
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Alf Stewart Approves.......
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09-12-2015, 09:44 AM | #126 | ||
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Given your track record for seemingly bashing almost anything concerning Ford products, we would have to wonder why you're still a member here.
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09-12-2015, 10:32 AM | #127 | ||
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His bashing seems to be of anything thats not Australian. Extremely sour about the boys packing up shop here it would seem.
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09-12-2015, 11:07 AM | #128 | |||
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It was within spec nothing to see here move along…...
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09-12-2015, 12:09 PM | #129 | ||
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So your only purpose on this forum is to Troll Threads
on anything that's not large rwd sedans/wagons/utes I note you even dislike the Territory. there's an old saying if you have nothing good to say then shut the F up
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So....would you be tempted, to tell us what you drive?
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09-12-2015, 12:38 PM | #132 | |||
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09-12-2015, 02:56 PM | #136 | |||
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09-12-2015, 03:08 PM | #137 | ||
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Guys can we stick to the topic, its drifting to matters that have no consequence to this thread.
Editing and or thread closure will happen if the path continues, quality informative posts is what people want to read, not quantity..
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09-12-2015, 03:52 PM | #138 | |||
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09-12-2015, 05:12 PM | #139 | ||
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I read it was a battery clamp had come loose? Anyone have any more info? I mean it sounds like a pretty easy mistake to make?
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09-12-2015, 05:18 PM | #140 | |||
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Post 109 http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...1444931&page=4 And page 5, post 146
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09-12-2015, 05:20 PM | #141 | |||
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I have seen some new look single cab recently in this spec used by some of our contractors.
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09-12-2015, 05:51 PM | #142 | ||
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I checked out the battery on an Everest whilst waiting for a service at a dealer today. If you look at the battery the positive cable is not like an old XY. There is a main cable and then a metal buzz bar holding about 5 or 6 more wires with bolts as obvious power feeds to other items.
From what I can make out from the article it looks like one of these other wires were accidently left off after a battery change. Although left off the wire terminal was still touching and arching against the battery and the heat/spark created from this was the cause of the fire. So not just leaving a normal battery clamp loose like we all know from the old days. Easily done I guess, but I feel for the poor employee who accidently did this. I bet he will never leave it off again! Glad no body got hurt and although unfortunate, the concern was a bad accident and not a severe product issue! |
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09-12-2015, 09:20 PM | #143 | |||
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So do they know who did it? Hate to be that guy. |
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10-12-2015, 10:01 PM | #145 | ||
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11-12-2015, 09:20 AM | #146 | |||
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The article states "warning lights started to appear before the instrument display went blank and the engine shut down. “As I rolled to a stop it just burst into flames,” said Mr Barnwell. “There were flames licking out from under the bonnet.” Did this all happen in 10 seconds or 5 minutes? |
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11-12-2015, 09:41 AM | #147 | ||
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if warning lights appear to flash abnormally and a vehicle seems to be not running right , that is probably a clue to perhaps stop and investigate further, but if i remember the article correctly ......the dude was on the job and proceeded as normal ,
the thing to remember is little fires turn into big fires , imo it would depend totally on the electrical fault, wiring can take a while to cook or cook straight away . As an example i dropped a spanner in an engine bay of a newish early escort many years ago , by the chance the spanner hit the alternator terminal and the chassis rail and welded it self there , i did not see where it went for a couple of seconds , by the time i grabbed the spanner in a matter of seconds elapsed with large current available at the alternator terminal wiring was cooking/had cooked through the insulation, it depends entirely on the nature of the fault as to how long it takes to get the BBQ going.. |
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11-12-2015, 11:27 AM | #148 | ||
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LOL I did the same thing on a MKII escort many years ago. it also had a fire later on but for different reasons.
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18-12-2015, 11:53 AM | #149 | ||
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18-12-2015, 02:32 PM | #150 | ||
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I remember when I used to deal with the Holden engineering dept. they told us we were not allowed to use the word fire in any correspondence. All such issues were to be called "thermal incidences".
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