nib1980
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| posted on 30/10/07 at 08:35 PM |
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Well that was close!
Hi all,
just finished fitting wingstays mark 3 (don't ask), took the car out for a bit of a test round the industrial estate near me, building up speed
, testing turns and bumps etc, all looks good so go for a big run, got up to about 80mph, and what went through my mind.......
YOU DIDNT TIGHTEN THE WHEEL NUTS! 
pulled over sharpsh, checked then drove home very slowly!
morale of the story is Check your nuts! 
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Peteff
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| posted on 30/10/07 at 08:39 PM |
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Now you see
I would have kept that to myself. 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 30/10/07 at 08:49 PM |
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Sounds a bit like my favourite trick...
Tighten the wheel nuts up with the socket... and then foget to take off the Locking wheel nut key!
I've spent many an hour searching for the Key again!... think I need 1 of those red flags on it like aeroplanes etc have!
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zetec
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| posted on 30/10/07 at 08:54 PM |
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Well I took off my watch and left it on the rocker cover, finished job replaced bonnet, went for a drive. Watch fell off at a roundabout and I found
it afterwards well and truly squashed  . Cost a few quid to fix!
" I only registered to look at the pictures, now I'm stuck with this username for the rest of my life!"
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roadrunner
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| posted on 30/10/07 at 08:54 PM |
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If we ever meet, dont offer me a passenger ride in your car, PLEASE.
And yes i would of kept that to myself also
[Edited on 30/10/07 by roadrunner]
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mookaloid
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| posted on 30/10/07 at 09:00 PM |
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Many years ago, I lost my favourite Britool1/2" 9/16" ring spanner after working on my mini.
I found it 3 months and a couple of thousand miles later still attached to the bleed nipple on the drivers side wheel cylinder
Cheers
Mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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myeates
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| posted on 30/10/07 at 09:41 PM |
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my fathers a one for the same trick,
are you sure it was 80mph
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TGR-ECOSSE
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| posted on 30/10/07 at 10:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
Many years ago, I lost my favourite Britool1/2" 9/16" ring spanner after working on my mini.
I found it 3 months and a couple of thousand miles later still attached to the bleed nipple on the drivers side wheel cylinder
Cheers
Mark
After reading that i have just remebered i have just sold an Escort van with a spanner on the blead nipple !!!!
I was the "wheel guy" for my mates stock car and when i went on holiday they forgot to tighten the wheels and lost the front ones under
braking for the first corner
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iank
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| posted on 30/10/07 at 10:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by TGR-ECOSSE
I was the "wheel guy" for my mates stock car and when i went on holiday they forgot to tighten the wheels and lost the front ones under
braking for the first corner
Always hilarious... for the spectators
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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tegwin
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| posted on 30/10/07 at 11:00 PM |
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Nib....what was your solutuon for the new brackets? Got any sketches of how you have done it?
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 31/10/07 at 12:07 AM |
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Yep I heard you were a bit fast and loose with your nuts.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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hillbillyracer
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| posted on 31/10/07 at 12:19 AM |
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I've forgot to tighten the wheels before & had a front one come off, just for your peice of mind it was suprisingly easy to control, but I
didnt have a corner to negotiate.
My Boss complained for age about the loss of a good 1/2"-9/16" deep crank ring spanner.
We found it a few years later in perfect, rust free condition, inside a tractor gearbox!
I lost the adaptor for the locking nut on my golf wheels, months later I got a puncture & found it still on the nut! good job I've got a
centre plate on my wheels!
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BenB
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| posted on 31/10/07 at 10:25 AM |
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I once got some new hub-caps from Halfords for my tin-top. I didn't realise that you had to put the wire ring inside the hub-cap to push the
arms out (I was in a hurry so just slapped them in place). I thought when I put them on they went on a little easy but hey I guessed they must know
what they're doing....
Jumped in the car, got up to about 40 when pretty much simultaneously four hub caps fell off. One bounced on the tarmac and shot up into the air by
about 30 feet, never to be seen again. One rolled into the gutter, whilst two went shooting off down the road. One got run over and I found the other
one....
Didn't stop laughing for about twenty minutes. Then I realised I'd trashed 30 quid worth of hubcaps!!! Didn't bother with them after
that!!!
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 31/10/07 at 02:20 PM |
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Always a worry when a man is about to lose his nuts
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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