GREETINGS . . .Yesterday while changing an alternator on the '93 Caddy,
a spark ignited apparent fuel in the throttle body that went up as if a torch.
Car destroyed, junk yard awaits.  Removing rims / new Cooper tires and
substituting some other older wheels from '86, Touched something during
blaze resulting in blisters on three fingers.  Hammond FD put out the fire.
It became an inferno in seconds, car destroyed in minutes.  Will get the '86
back in business ASAP.  Removed contents, and trunk area was untouched
thus no damage to piano tuning equipment, etc..  WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
Stanley carelessly, stupidly, unknowingly, and with forgetting, broke the
cardinal rule of underhood (and elsewhere) repairs: DISCONNECT THE
BATTERY BEFORE ENGAGING WORK !   Had I followed procedure, this
would not have happened.  I always disconnect the battery, but this is the one
time I neglected to do so.  The car milage had gone over the 190,000 mark
during a recent trip to Pittsburgh via Ann Arbor, and still maintained 25+MPG
on the highway.  I've really enjoyed the Caddy, but now for the next phase of
Stanley motordom.   Later . . .San Zimmerman