Sure enough. About six months ago. <g> Nothing recent. On 9/27/05, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you get new tires or have any service done around your wheels lately? I > once bought new tires and got on the interstate and felt a wobble. I got > off at the next exit and discovered that the lug nuts on one tire were only > spun several turns. The worker flatout missed that wheel with the impact > wrench. > > Tom C. > > > > >From: Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: OT-- Paranoia > >Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:56:18 -0400 > > > >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 > > > > >
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