Dean,
have you read all the posts on this thread ? I assume your last post refers to the person I told the hydraulic stories about. As for how it was done more technically qualified posters could perhaps answer that if indeed he was responsible this time given that you say the hydraulic lines were damaged. However the emergency nosewheel lowering handle was situated on the port side of the cargo compartment forward of the Utility hudraulic system. This would need to be powered by the Aux system or the hand pump. How this operation would damage the haydraulic lines I know not.