So Hollywoodstunts and I worked through major fluid changes yesterday for both GTs. Sincere thank yous to Kendall and Bill/Shadowman for their telephonic assistance and advice.
When we replaced the clutch fluid in my GT, we set the puke bottle down on the frame next to the driver side exhaust manifold cover. Since the cover was a little warm, I placed a small towel between the cover and bottle.
We finalized everything and headed back home, about a 30 minute drive. I was enjoying the drive, as well as sensing the clutch and brakes for perfect performance and the coolant doing its thing via gauge.
After I rolled into the garage, I immediately smelled something burning.....and thought it was brake or clutch fluid that had leaked onto something hot. I jumped out, opened the clamshell and there it was......the small towel laying against the exhaust cover.....smoldering and singed. The GT Gods were smiling on my girl yesterday!
Later when I could laugh about it, I thought here we were, doing regular maintenance procedures on our GTs, feeling rewarded and all, and I nearly set a fire in the engine bay! Holy cow.
When we replaced the clutch fluid in my GT, we set the puke bottle down on the frame next to the driver side exhaust manifold cover. Since the cover was a little warm, I placed a small towel between the cover and bottle.
We finalized everything and headed back home, about a 30 minute drive. I was enjoying the drive, as well as sensing the clutch and brakes for perfect performance and the coolant doing its thing via gauge.
After I rolled into the garage, I immediately smelled something burning.....and thought it was brake or clutch fluid that had leaked onto something hot. I jumped out, opened the clamshell and there it was......the small towel laying against the exhaust cover.....smoldering and singed. The GT Gods were smiling on my girl yesterday!
Later when I could laugh about it, I thought here we were, doing regular maintenance procedures on our GTs, feeling rewarded and all, and I nearly set a fire in the engine bay! Holy cow.