has someone tried to nick my morris?

[patricklambert]

so the story goes! i was moving my morris the other day whilst sanding it on the road when i noticed a strong smell of petrol and the fuel pump ticking. i found that the bonnet was ajar and my fuel hose had been disconnected? the jubalee clip had been chewed up i live in a quite road and wondered if anyone would know why someone would do this?

[MarkyB]

To steal petrol?

[patricklambert]

Surely they would just take the pipe of the petrol tank? Or could it be a lazy criminal using the fuel pump

[MColes]

Or just put a screwdriver through the petrol tank? - that's what they were doing round our way a while back

[patricklambert]

Yeah or that! I do have a few people who dont like me, maybe they thought it was a brake pipe? Trying to clear garage today to park her in there now

[Jefftav]

Did you leave your keys in the ignition switch so that a would be thief could turn on the ignition/fuel pump and wouldn't you have heard someone pop the bonnet as presumably if you were sanding the car you weren't far away?

[patricklambert]

i always keep my keys with me although the car doesnt lock on drivers side and there is a few of my tools laying about eg screwdrivers and im usually at college in the day and not many people down here in the day :/ im mythed

[ASL642]

In your own interest may I suggest that you change the lock on your door so it does lock - not expensive to buy another barrell for it and make sure you don't leave any tools that could be "useful" to a thief lying around. We don't want to lose any more cars do we?

[patricklambert]

Its the latch on the door thats broken just checked! And iv tidyed all my tools up fuel has been taken as its run out now