DARK HORSE MANUAL CATCHES FIRE!! UPGRADE?

[Headless Horseman]

https://www.mustang7g.com/forums/threads/dark-horse-on-fire-and-burns-down-from-stuck-clutch.161034/

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[sms2022]

Hmm. Obviously not a lot of details there but the owner might have done well to have shut the car off.

 

[NGOT8R]

I wonder if the clutch line popped off the reservoir and leaked fluid all over the hot engine bay, thus causing the fire?

 

[LOL WUT]

Word on the streets is the car wanted to identify as an auto so it self destructed.

 

[ORRadtech]

I wonder if the clutch line popped off the reservoir and leaked fluid all over the hot engine bay, thus causing the fire?

Just from what the owner described, that was my first thought.

 

[NGOT8R]

That made me start thinking about installing my Steeda clutch fluid line that I’ve had in my tool chest for the past 3 years now. I‘ve been hesitant to install it because my OCD won’t allow me to do it, if it means marring up the supplied plastic clamps using pliers. It’s also a tight area to work in.

 

[GrabberBargeCaptain]

That made me start thinking about installing my Steeda clutch fluid line that I’ve had in my tool chest for the past 3 years now. I‘ve been hesitant to install it because my OCD won’t allow me to do it, if it means marring up the supplied plastic clamps using pliers. It’s also a tight area to work in.

That is some true OCD. I always hate when people are like, a bird left a 5 pound turd on the hood so i had to clean it off because im OCD lolzzzz.. shaddap anyone who loves their car would do the same.

Marring plastic clamps.. real shit.

 

[Balr14]

I am inclined to think the clutch sticking to the floor was a symptom of a problem, not the cause.

 

[NGOT8R]

I am inclined to think the clutch sticking to the floor was a symptom of a problem, not the cause.

I agree with this ^^.

 

[NGOT8R]

If there isn’t already a recall on that line, I suspect there may be one coming soon, after a new DarkHorse went up in flames. Ford will finally have to take a hard look at the entire hydraulic clutch system.

I know Ford isn’t oblivious to the fact that there have been several people complaining of their clutch fluid line partially coming off of the brake fluid reservoir nipple. This goes back several years.

 

[WildHorse]

Brake fluid is typically not flammable, but it can ignite under extreme conditions.
The ignition temperature for brake fluid is generally around 230-300 degrees Celsius (446-572 degrees Fahrenheit), depending on the specific type and composition of the fluid.

The outside surface of a catalytic converter can reach temperatures of around 150-200 degrees Celsius (302-392 degrees Fahrenheit) during normal operation.
So it's unlikely that the outside surface of a converter would be hot enough to ignite brake fluid or other combustible materials.

 

[shogun32]

This goes back several years.

And all the damn engineers.would have to do is just LOOK at the damn thing and their error is plainly OBVIOUS.

How is it.the guy on the assembly line did not walk off his station 7 freaking years ago and grab the damn engineer by the scruff of the neck and march his ass to the floor to see his screw up?

This isn't as bad as Boeing, but idiots should not be allowed to be in engineering disciplines.

 

[CobaltFilly]

How is it the guy on the assembly line did not walk off his station 7 freaking years ago and grab the damn engineer by the scruff of the neck and march his ass to the floor to see his screw up?

Would they care enough to?

 

[RocketGuy3]

Lol at this title... When did this forum become a tabloid?

 

[shogun32]

Would they care enough to?

being a union member, it's probably a violation of the terms. But if it was Toyota where they give a damn, he would have walked over to the big red button and brought the whole factory to a standstill.

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