theiving oik came for a headlight, told him to take one of a car down the yard, didn't notice how long he took, came back that night thro a hole he'd busted in the fence and helped himself, saw his car 2 days later wearing a lovely set of very familiar wheels,thats how! big pockets is one thin, the git must have bought a wheel barrow. half the stuff that gets nicked is worth very little, and i was no angel in scrappies in my youth(too old to fight alsations these days!),but seeing it from the other side of the fence has made me a bit ratty about it. especially as two weeks ago we had "visitors" who got 2 golfs started and played demolition derby at the front of the workshop, 1 freshly painted Mk3 wants spraying again,Mk2 8V written off, Punto written off by Golf (yeeee-ha!),same with a couple of customers cars. anyhow,rant over, would agree it sounds like the black doo-dah has gone pear-shaped. Oh,rubjonny, any ideas where the weighted shift rod should go if i catch me wheel thief? i was thinking more a drive-shaft.