Reply With QuoteOriginally Posted by MadMonkey
My brother and I used to buy shock just to make bombs out of it
My brother and I used to buy shock just to make bombs out of it
09 Lexus RX350
.... no Miata
Good books, gave me a lot of ideas^^^
09 Lexus RX350
.... no Miata
Sorry to hear about that, Rogue.
My brother had that happen in a '86 Nissan Pulsar with a Diehard battery several years ago. The next door neighbor also had one do that to him that was being stored in his garage.
Hope everything is ok with the car.
05 MX-5 Mazdaspeed #1024 Titanium Gray Mica
Same thing happened to me a few years ago in my '90. Fortunately I was in Wal Mart's parking lot, so I went in, got a battery and put it in. I cleaned the trunk with soda and water, but still had some damage in the trunk.
'08 Copper Red GT PRHT, '06 Accord EXL, '05 Dodge Magnum R/T, '01 V8 Dakota for pulling 2135 Chaparral.
I reckon that's why the SCCA requires relocated batteries to be in a marine box and the Miata's battery is vented to the outside. Had a '66 VW bug with the battery under the back seat. Everytime somebody sat in the back the battery would short out on the underseat springs and the seat would get red hot and smoke. Thought it was a funny trick at the time. It's amazing that we all survived youth.....killed more people than smallpox.
Stripe Das Sape
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Man that sucks! Walmart had a Miata battery?! I've never seen anyplace that stocks the Miata sized battery!
At work, I've seen a few batteries that were so old and toasted that they were swollen like a balloon and about to explode!
That's crazy about the pool shock! We just take the little individual single use bags and just pour it into the pool.
90 MX5 281k miles! - euro spec, Porsche Riviera Blue w/black hardtop, 97 motor swap, vintage Borbet rims, GC, FM shock hats/frame rails/rear sub-brace, AGX, sway bar, stb, Fidanza/ACT combo, EBC Yellows
92 COMMA SM - new paint coming soon...
Was that on Evilspeeder's swap? I don't recall that happening, but of course, I could have been pretending to put something onto something for the camera.
Wealth, power, and experience are apparently not enough to save us from social influences. Groupthink, as described by I.L.Janis, is the tendency for group members to reach a consensus opinion, even if that decision is downright stupid (Janis 1982).
Doesn't look as bad now, but both sides are blown out.
Made a hell of a boom with the hardtop on.
all is ok and no damage to the Miata.
Alternator checked out fine.
Last edited by Rogue; 05-11-2008 at 11:17 AM.
What? Did you say something? Is there a phone ringing? Glad you OK Steven.
Gary
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