re: #70 thedopefishlives

Nope. Directly on top of the distributor. I opened the hood and was surprised to be greeted by the sight of my cap and plug wires burning with rich, nasty, plastic-y smoke. (The fuel filter runs adjacent to and somewhat above the distributor on its way to the carburetor.)

Well, that’s a new one on me. Sounds like you’ll only need a new distributor cap and wires, and at worst, a new distro.

My fuel injected Reliant (actually, my ex-wife’s car) caught fire when something went wrong with the TBI and too much fuel got sprayed onto an overheating engine. We watched helplessly as the fire spread from the throttle body, along the wiring and fuel lines to the rest of the engine. The FD put it out, but the car was a loss by then.