Common Tool

Puzzler time.

Here it is. This one is an oldie.

Back in the day, a soldier returned to his base to find his golf clubs had been removed from the trunk of his vintage 1960's Ford.

After complaining around the base, he learned that this crime had been repeatedly happening with older Fords, and only older Fords, parked in the base parking lot while the car owners were on military duty. This was before keyfobs, so that is how long ago this was. It was happening to only Fords that used actual keys.

No damage have been reported to the cars. Only thefts. So our soldiers deduced that someone must have had a set of master keys to let themselves into the older cars parked in the lot.

And the puzzler question is this.

What did he do to prevent this burglary from happening to him again. He didn't spend any money. It only a few minutes with a common tool.

Good luck.

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Remember last week's puzzler?

Not The Muffler

This one is quick, and also automotive in nature.

Years ago, a customer pulls into the garage. It was our only customer that week.

Our mechanics Manny and Ralph are standing next to each other when this car pulls in. The car sounds terrible. Loud rough engine sounds. Obviously it's got exhaust system problems.

The customer gets out of the car and he says, "I think I need a new muffler."

And Ralph says, "Sounds like that to me."

And Manny says, "No, I don't think so. It's not the muffler. It's the front pipe."

The customer says, "No, no, no. I've been listening to it for a week. Trust me, it's the muffler."

And Ralph says, "I'd have to agree, it certainly sounds like the muffler to me."

And then Manny says, "Well, yes, it does sound like the muffler, but I know that it's not."

What did he perceive? What did he notice that these other two guys didn't notice that allowed him to figure out that it wasn't, in fact, the muffler, but it was the front pipe?