[AT] Ford 2N,8N,9N, wrench

[Francis Robinson]

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>And it won't  blow you up if you stick in the gas tank becuse there isn't 
>enough oxegon to  burn the gas.  If this was true we would all be blown up when 
>ever we  fillup at the service station. 
>
>Walt Davies




	I'll check the fuel level with about anything but a flaming stick. If you really work at it you "might" get a 
spark out of something iron or steel but not much chance of it, you would really have to be hammering with it a 
lot. Static won't do it with something in your hand, not even if your body has a charge. That charge will be bled 
off the instant you take hold of the cap to remove it. Static problems are from the fuel moving in the hose. 
Take a look at your gas cap... Steel to steel...
	Now if you have a lighted cigarette in the hand with the wrench all bets are off.   :-)

	Hollywood has given us a lot of erronous perceptions of how gasoline really reacts, burns or explodes. I 
don't know how many movies and TV shows I have seen where a car goes over a cliff and explodes in mid air 
(sometimes even the engine compartment) even though it hit nothing before it became airborn.



"farmer"


Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson at svs.net