Re: [Amc-list] Radiator cap?

["Graham, George W \(GE Infra, Energy\)" <george.graham@xxxxxx>]

I was granted a DX Sunray franchise back in the mid-1970's in Oklahoma
City when the previous proprietor decided to retire (at that time I was
23 years old, and was the youngest ever to be granted such an honor by
Sun Oil -- in other words, I was the only one interested in the place
with enough cash to buy in).   Anyway, after I moved in and was going
through all the junk laying around, I found this funky-looking
three-foot-long contraption that turned out to be a "remote radiator cap
opener".   You could stand about 4-5 feet away from the car off to the
side, and use the tool to pop the cap.   Was pretty cool.   It did save
my skin a few times when the caps would blow right past that first catch
and fly off the car, of course spewing hot green stuff everywhere.

AMC content -- I had one regular "little old lady" customer with a
stripper '66 Ambo with a flathead 6 and 3-on-the-tree.  Always thought
that was weird.   It was kept in a little one-car garage at her house a
couple blocks away, and she would occasionally get it sideways in the
garage somehow (too much wine, I think).  She'd call about once a month,
and I'd have to make a service call with a floor jack to get the car
straightened out in her garage so she could get it out.  Ahhhhh;
memories................

George Graham
AMC of Houston  

-----Original Message-----
From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:07 AM
To: AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans.
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Radiator cap?

It happened/happens more times then you think to people who know better
too!
My dad, a mechanic for years, had it happen to him when I was probably
less then 10 years old.
He release the cap the first notch, rocked it, nothing happend so he
assumed it wasn't pressurized and removed the cap. He got cooked,
luckily he turned away before it hit his face. His left arm was burned
so bad, I remember him sitting at the kitchen table crying as mom
changed the dressings and peeled off the debri nightly.
  Needless to say, that memory leads to extra caution when it comes to
hot cars and radiators!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> An embarrasing story:
> 
> In 1963 or 64 I had a summer job as a pump jockey at the local DX 
> Sunray station in my home town.  Service was big in those days and we 
> always pumped the gas for the customer and wiped the windshield.  We 
> also offered to check the oil for the customer, and of course 
> "inspected" the coolant hoses and wiper blades whenever we thought we 
> could make a sale.  My dad pulled into the station one day and I 
> wanted to impress him so, when he said the check the oil, I also 
> thought I would check the coolant level in the radiator.  The radiator

> cap on our 60 Chevy stuck as I was removing it and did not let the 
> pressure bleed off at the first "notch" of the cap and the pressure 
> released completely as I removed the cap.  I was scalded by hot 
> coolant.  Luckily I was wearing my glasses and only had first degree 
> burns on my face and chest.  The redness on my face was also due to 
> embarrasment but was a little more lasting than that and took several 
> days to heal.  It would have to happen with my Dad watching.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> Salinas, CA
> --- JWidiker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Safety glasses, a face shield, welding apron and gloves!!! Don't be 
> > another statistic! LOL
> > 
> 
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