Apparently, they mistook my wife's lug nuts for tranny pan bolts! A couple weeks ago she broke a lug off as she was parking the car. The other three nuts on the same wheel could be turned by hand. So I spent several hours the next day putting in a new lug and making damn sure the nuts were tight on all of them. A week later they were loose again. Funny thing is that I had been checking them daily. I haven't lived here long enough to make enemies. I'm really scared of what they'll do to me after they get to know me around here. :)
On 9/27/05, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's us here at the PDML... we secretly target someone and then get a lurker > in the target city to go around and loosen the bolts on transmisson pans! :) > > I'm going out to check mine now. > > Tom C. > > > > > >From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: OT-- Paranoia > >Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:10:40 +0100 > > > >It seems to me that if just one or two bolts came loose, the others would > >prevent a leak from occurring. Only when most became loose would a leak > >occur. > > > >So I suspect that the bolts have been loosening over a longish period, and > >that what you have here is a "last straw" situation. It took the > >loosening of the final bolt to cause the leak. > > > >Of course, you may be a bad man with many enemies. In which case, you are > >not suffering from paranoia, but a realistic appraisal of your actual > >situation. > > > >I go for the first explanation. > > > >John > > > >On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:25:55 +0100, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Since I got out of the hospital my vehicle has been leaking transmission > >>fluid. I crawled underneath today and tightened the transmission pan > >>bolts. All but the one that is hardest to reach were loose 1/2 turn. The > >>vehicle sat in front of the apartment for two days while I was in the > >>hospital. The transmission pan gasket is cork. These are the facts. > >> > >>My thoughts are that I do try to keep up the truck and it was not leaking > >>at all before then. I was the one who last changed the transmission fluid > >>and filter about 3 years ago, and had no leaks until this. I can not > >>imagine all the bolts coming loose the same amount by themselves. Yet if > >>someone wanted to cause me problems they could have done a lot more > >>damage than just loosening the transmission bolts a bit. > >> > >>So I am wondering has anyone experienced bolts all coming loose the same > >>amount on their own like this? > >> > > > > > > > >-- > >Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.7/112 - Release Date: 26/09/2005 > > > > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
