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I put a wheel on my Honda and got half way to school and the vibrations caused me to pull over, 3 of 4 lug nuts were missing! I too 1 off each of the other 3 wheels to get me to school. First day and all...
Untighted wheel bolts
I had a 4 day off liberty while stationed here on the east coast, just north of jacksonville, florida.
I wanted some grace with my mechanic who was going to rewire my 1978 D300 crew cab, 360/NP?435? dually ($600).
We talked, he loved and worked on those VW pickups which look liked the VW bus/vans/hippie transport.
My grandfather had one rotting in the field, in San Antonio.
My buddy wanted to see his internet girl near San Antonio (1100 miles)-he had a pickup.
So I coordinated a trailor, getting the vw pickup & bringing it back for the mechanic-whom paid for the gasoline.
THE TRAILER HAD THOSE mobile home AXLES. DONUT rim with rectangular clamps for the axle-my GOD what a PITA.
We stopped for gas in Pensacola, FLorida.
One tire from the trailer was gone. My buddy was going to abandon (someone else's) the trailer.
I got the spare, removed one clamp & bolt from each of the 3 remaining trailer wheels. It got us to San Antonio, Texas until we got more over a weekend.
It is a 18-26 hour drive one way. We got there. He got laid. I got the VW pick up, and more trailer wheel clamps.
We drove back.
I fell asleep at the wheel on I-10 in FLorida.
We made it. I got my D300 rewired for a few hundred bucks.
That mechanic nearly disowned me and swore up and down against Painless wiring harnesses.
The truck drove more reliably after that.
Stupid thing I'll never do again, fall asleep on the road. We could have killed hundreds.