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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 01:21 PM
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Just put me car back together, diff, shafts etc, and went for a blast to make sure everything was ok.
Me exhaust was knocking slightly and I thought that was the noise coming from the back of the car. Just got in and checked everything over and the near side rear wheel was almost off! One nut missing, 2 finger tight, just the locker holding it on. How lucky have I just been, tearing about country lanes with the car like that!!!
Bit strange aswell considering I didn't even have the wheel off while working on the car. Could have hurt if it came off
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 01:25 PM
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Damn you was very lucky then. At least you've fixed it before it did all go wrong
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 02:00 PM
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Bloody hell mate you were lucky
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 02:20 PM
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Was quite alarming really, the fact that it only became obvious when I got back on the driveway was a shock
Still new nut on now and all is well again, until something else breaks
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 02:31 PM
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I do that all the time!! Im always in 2 much of a rush n 4get! The best 1 was i 4got 2 bleed my brakes the once, went tear arsin down the road came to a t junction realised i had no brake pressure n had 2 pump em up quick while i was slowin down!! That was fun
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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mayb a stupid question but why on earth was there 2 nuts missing and 1 finger tight in the 1st place, especially as u say u havent even had the wheel off!!??
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 05:45 PM
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One nut missing, 2 finger tight, just the locker holding it on.
Dunno to be fair unless some worthless thieving gypsy scum had a go at the car last night, saw the locker and abandoned the idea. None of the other wheel nuts on the car were loose just that one. Tis weird I tell thee
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 06:11 PM
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the nut fairy mustve visited you last night
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 06:12 PM
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Must have. Got a new one this aft, Ł4.66 from robbing bastards at Ford. Nearly fell over when he told me how much
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by discodenkelly
Must have. Got a new one this aft, Ł4.66 from robbing bastards at Ford. Nearly fell over when he told me how much
last week i bought 16 new ones
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 06:25 PM
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think you were very lucky m8
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 09:14 PM
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Just speaking to me mum who lives next door, turns out her dog went nuts at half 4 this morning. So probably was theivin scum tryin to have a go at me motor until she let dog out. She didn't think anything of it until I said something about the wheelnut. Parked it in me mums drive tonight.

Bastards, hope they come back tonight, they'll get a big hairy shock when the dog gets hold of em twats
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 09:16 PM
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gooooooooooooooooooo doggie!

scrum
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 09:23 PM
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Good dog hopefully it bites their nuts off, theiving scum
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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Probably the same twats that keep doing Lee's place
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 09:31 PM
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Could be, well if they come back tonight they'll get a shock

Typical though, the car has only been out of the garage a couple of nights cos I've had me cement mixer in there and someone attempts to rob something off it.
Roll on tomorrow night when I can get it back in there where it belongs
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 09:37 PM
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bolts arrived ok then mate?
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 09:42 PM
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They did mate yeah, cheers. Remind me never to do a rear diff ever again!! What a chore of a job on a driveway!!
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 12:47 AM
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Phew that was damn lucky!!!

Let fido chew their nuts off.

Infact get another dog so they can chew a hand off each
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 06:07 AM
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You live next door to your Mum?!
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