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Overlanding Jeep Burns to the Ground!?

Discussion in 'General Automotive' started by Dirty Harry, Sep 23, 2018.

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  1. Sep 23, 2018 at 10:46 PM
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  2. Sep 23, 2018 at 10:57 PM
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    Brave or maybe just stupid going out alone in a Jeep. I've heard of jeeps catching fire from the transmission fluid boiling over onto the exhaust.
     
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  3. Sep 23, 2018 at 11:04 PM
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    Overlanders wire up lots of auxiliary equipment, it's possible the person who installed items wasn't good about routing cabling safely, shielding cabling, proper fusing of circuits.
     
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  4. Sep 23, 2018 at 11:10 PM
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    Well that's what happens when you start putting touch screen head units in Jeeps....
     
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  6. Sep 23, 2018 at 11:26 PM
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    What I find is amazing is he had time and battery life to video that whole damn ordeal.

    "I don't know guys, I don't think this is repairable" LOL

    Big kudo's for keeping the fire under control and getting some of his gear out of the rig before its total demise.

    This can happen to any vehicle, and have personally seen two Tacoma's, a few Jeeps, and tow rigs have fires.

    Passed this one the other day.

    9052C969-C4F6-4980-8D6B-8D019A7E6469.jpg
     
    ColoradoTJ, Sep 23, 2018
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    25 just north of castle rock? I think I passed it heading north, thankfully I wasn’t stuck in that back up
     
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    Yes, what a shit show.
     
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    Stuff, things, this, an ADS
    Crazy hope he gets a new vehicle soon.
     
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    Maybe look at a Toyota this time. Lol!!
     
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    Agreed. Had a Jeep in 2006-2007 never again.
     
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    How much you want to bet he uses the insurance money to get another one?
     
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    Not into making losing bets. Lol
     
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  14. Sep 24, 2018 at 12:42 PM
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    Maybe the dude just wanted to be an Instagram whore so he burned it down himself, and also to collect on the insurance money.
     
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    Saw the article on jalopnik this morning. Super bummer. People were ridiculing him for not filling the interior with dirt lol. By the time he had used up his extinguisher and those 3 gallons of water, only to discover the fire had gotten through the firewall into the interior, there's not much he could have done without a milspec halon system.

    If i ever have a fire in my cab, i'll open the valve on my CO2 bottle, throw it in close the doors and pray.
     
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    What do you have CO2 for? Welder?
     
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    Tires or air tools
     
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    This ^
     
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    Jeeps gonna Jeep. Lots of stories of newer Jeeps starting on fire.
     
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