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Thu 6 Dec 2001 00:35

Re: Seized sump nut. - Richard Hall

Peter's story brought back memories. On holiday years ago, I punched a large hole straight through the steel sump of my old Alfasud on a rock. I was in the wilds of Northumberland, and there wasn't a breaker within 100 miles who had a sump to sell me. Almost at the end of the holiday, I was sitting with a can of beer in my hand, wondering whether to torch the car and claim on the insurance, when I had a brilliant idea. I finished the beer, cut a square of aluminium from the empty can, and glued it onto the sump with Araldite. This temporary bodge outlasted the rest of the car (the floor fell out six months later).

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Seized sump nut.	Stu	Wed 5 Dec 2001 18:41
Re: Seized sump nut.	Rob	Wed 5 Dec 2001 18:51
Re: Seized sump nut.	David W	Wed 5 Dec 2001 19:04
Re: Seized sump nut.	prm	Wed 5 Dec 2001 19:07
Re: Seized sump nut.	Alwyn	Wed 5 Dec 2001 20:03
Re: Seized sump nut.	'ungry 'orace	Wed 5 Dec 2001 23:59
Re: Seized sump nut.	pugugly	Wed 5 Dec 2001 19:07
Re: Seized sump nut.	Julian Lindley	Wed 5 Dec 2001 19:25
Re: Seized sump nut.	Don	Wed 5 Dec 2001 19:57
Re: Seized sump nut.	alvin booth	Wed 5 Dec 2001 21:22
Re: Seized sump nut.	peter	Wed 5 Dec 2001 22:09
Re: Seized sump nut.	Darcy Kitchin	Wed 5 Dec 2001 22:23
Re: Seized sump nut.	steve paterson	Wed 5 Dec 2001 22:29
Re: Sealing washers	Andrew T	Wed 5 Dec 2001 23:21
Re: Sealing washers - 1st Year metalwork	rg bhaji	Thu 6 Dec 2001 12:12
Re: Sealing washers	Brian	Wed 5 Dec 2001 23:41
Re: Seized sump nut.	Richard Hall	Thu 6 Dec 2001 00:35
Re: Seized sump nut.	peter	Thu 6 Dec 2001 19:19
Re: Seized sump nut.	peter todd	Thu 6 Dec 2001 21:53