RE: Repair Mistakes & Blunders

[Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ooh, ooh, I have one. Took my 69 Dart Swinger 340 to Jegs in Columbus on 
my way to work in 1976. Bought tires from them and had them mounted. I 
waited in the customer lounge with other guys having their cars worked 
on for over an hour before they came and told me they had broken off 3 
lugnuts trying to get the Cragars off the rear. They showed me the 
lughnuts and I could tell which direction they had been twisted off... 
of course they tried to loosen them the wrong direction. They had to 
have the local Dodge dealership UPS the studs over. In the end I was an 
hour late for work and they charged me $32 to mount 2 tires... in 1976 
that should have been about $6. They never owned up to the mistake, and 
me and the service manager got into a shouting match in the lounge. I 
told them me or none of my friends would ever have a car in there again, 
loud enough so EVERYONE could hear. Needless to say, Jegs doesn't 
service other people's cars anymore.

Ollie wrote:
> 
> I am sure there are many left lug stories....da......cool
> Ollie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary H." <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 10:48 AM
> Subject: Repair Mistakes & Blunders
> 
> 
> >
> > This applies to our favorite cars too, so I'm passing it along, from a 
> > RockAuto newsletter:
> >
> > ===============================================================================================================================
> > 
> > When I was 16 I owned a 1966 Plymouth Fury. I enjoyed the car and did 
> > most 
> > of the mechanical work myself. One weekend I decided to replace the rear 
> > 
> > brake shoes. Simple enough I thought, just remove the wheel, brake drum, 
> > 
> > brake linkage, brake shoes, have the drums turned, then reverse the 
> > procedure. How hard can it be?
> >
> > The driver's side rear wheel lug nuts came off fine. The passenger side 
> > was another story. After snapping two lug nuts off, I decided to take 
> > the 
> > car over to my girlfriend's dad's house. After all, he was a mechanical 
> > genius, surely he wouldn't snap any lug nuts. But, after some colorful 
> > language, he snapped off a lug nut. We were both extremely frustrated 
> > and 
> > called it a day.
> >
> > Later that night, my girlfriend and I were watching tv, when all of a 
> > sudden we hear a loud "AH HA!!!". Her dad comes walking downstairs with 
> > his pajamas on, shaking his head. He heads straight into the garage, 
> > grabs 
> > a lug nut wrench, and proceeds to turn the lug wrench CLOCKWISE to 
> > loosen 
> > the remaining lug nuts. The passenger lug nuts were left handed! The 
> > opposite direction of the driver's side lug nuts.
> >
> > He slams the lug nut down, slams the front door closed, walks right past 
> > 
> > us, slams his bedroom door closed and without a word, goes to bed. My 
> > girlfriend and I could not stop laughing. The next day we repair the lug 
> > 
> > nut damage and had another good laugh.
> >
> > To this day, my now father-in-law occasionally reminds me of the 
> > incident...and grins.
> >
> > Ron in Missouri
> >
> >
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> 



Jeff Adams
64 Polara


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