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Originally Posted by JoeCB
Not to de-rail this thread, but after hearing of the complications resulting from dislodging the flame arrester, just how important is this little screen? Perhaps I have been living on borrowed time for the last 50 years not having one in my 31' Coupe.
Joe B
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The flame arrester is designed to keep any flame at the neck of the gas tank. This is how a gas lamp works. Put gas cap back on and hopefully any fire is now out.
Gas will not burn, but as we all know the fumes will and are very dangerous.
Without flame arrester. Flame will go into the tank and depending on amount of gas and other things, you could have an explosion. Also arrester keeps things from going into tank that you don’t want there.
If it wasn’t needed, Henry would not have installed it. Back in the day there were many concerns about the placement of the gas tank in the Model A. Not the best design.