Fixed leaking petcock; Don't buy a new one yet!

[alantf]

Originally Posted by gzlocal

Yes, such considerate "friends" to chop your starter cable. I haven't looked, but can those be fashioned out of like normal small battery cables or is it semi-proprietary?

It was chopped so close to the lug that I was able to crimp another lug on, then slightly reroute the cable to give me an extra couple of inches to rebolt it. I reckon I know who did it. The day before, I had to go down to one of the other apartments to complain about the noise. There are 18 apartments in the block. We all own our own, except for 5 which are rented. For some reason the owner always seems to rent to scum. This one was rented to a guy who works in a mechanic's, so I reckon he'd have the heavy bolt cutter that's needed to give the cut pattern that was on the cable. I reported it to the police & told them what I suspected. Not enough to get him arrested, but at least he knew that the police were involved.