{"id":84747,"date":"2006-04-20T19:29:55","date_gmt":"2006-04-20T10:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=84747"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:40:59","slug":"the-petcock-really-is-high-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20060420\/everyday-events\/the-petcock-really-is-high-flow","title":{"rendered":"The Petcock Really Is High-Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_33476941_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_33476941_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Ever since the fire incident, we&#8217;ve been thinking about countermeasures every day. A crash can be fixed with repairs, but if it catches fire, it&#8217;s just scrap!<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s really a problem. Carburetors overflow when they tip over, so we install a gasoline catch tank,<br \/>\nand then swap in a Pingel petcock so we can quickly turn it to &#8220;off&#8221;, and apply heat-resistant tape (the thin<br \/>\nstuff) to the back of the tank. If possible, a carbon silencer would help suppress ignition too.<br \/>\nWhen a fire the size of a helmet actually erupts right under the tank, your thinking really changes, I&#8217;m telling you\u2026<br \/>\nLast night, I spoke with Hiroshi Maruyama for the first time. It just so happened that the editor-in-chief of Ahead had business to take care of, so they came in together<br \/>\nto visit the shop! He was a quiet, mature fellow. So there&#8217;s no way he has that Wako&#8217;s vibe, huh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Ever since the fire incident, we&#8217;ve been thinking about countermeasures every day. A crash can be fixed with repairs, but if it catches fire, it&#8217;s just scrap! It&#8217;s really a problem. Carburetors overflow when they tip over, so we install a gasoline catch tank, and then swap in a Pingel petcock so we can quickly turn it to &#8220;off&#8221;, and apply heat-resistant tape (the thin stuff) to the back of the tank. If possible, a carbon silencer would help suppress ignition too. When a fire the size of a helmet actually erupts right under the tank, your thinking really changes, I&#8217;m telling you\u2026 Last night, I spoke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-84747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}