well on my 53 i keep finidng pecans in odd places in the engine compartment. well the daily driver died and i had to tow it to the shop. it seems that i had a "friend" chew through a few wires. even better was the fact that under the plastic shroud the encompases the top half of the engine was a casualty. apperently it was a tight fit to get under it, but it must have been warm, unfortunatly as i drove around it might have got to warm. explains the wierd smell coming from the vents for the last few days. so having said all of that. what can i do to keep them from invading my engine compartments and making homes out of them. im think i might get a sticker for the daily driver showing how many kills i have.
Just accept and embrace your place on the food chain. If they're too well done, they are still good for Brunswick stew.
^^^ hahahahahha..I started mine up once and wrapped a cat up, it actually took the belt off of my alternator. the cat was ok, stunned and punch drunk, but when I yanked him out, he staggered away to count how many he had left.
A popular local recipe, "Florham Park Road Repair Crew Squirrel": While working in the morning, collect any fairly intact roadkill squirrels you encounter. At lunch break, poke them down into the melted tar cualdron on your trailer, being careful to keep tail out of the tar. When done, pull out by tail and give tar a few moments to stiffen. Slit tar down the front and peel away, which will effortlessly remove the skin and fur. Chitlin and giblet disposition is up to you. Amazing what you can learn by studying the natives...
Can't help with how to keep them out. But around 68 my older brother had a 64 chevy wagon. And one cool morning when we started it up, there was this loud scream, a couple of very loud thumps from under the hood. All we could see after that was a large grey cat running up the alley missing a little fir. Damn I'll bet that cat is still running someplace. We did have to put the fan belt back on...John
lots of the modern plastics used for wire insulation and so forth are now made from soybeans, thats why there more trouble now iwth rodents eating wires and covers. My uncles newish duramax is on its 3rd motor wiring harness. glue traps all the way around all the tires somewhat cures the problem.
When I was a kid growing up in northern Ontario, I had a chance to work one summer in Vancouver. I didn't think my '56 Chev would make it all the way out west and back, so I put it up on blocks out behind my dads house. When I came back in the fall to go back to school, the friggin porcupines had eaten the flexible brake lines, the rad hoses, and the fan belts!!!---Brian
Need something small and quick,a rat terrier,not tied up.Cats kill squirrels too but not consistent like a terrier. Must be something true about new vehicle wiring because I know several guys who got wiring in late GM trucks all chewed up.
Well, if you're gonna let a car sit for awhile, you can disconnect the battery and then take a small motorcycle battery charger and hook it to the metal body. It won't kill 'em, but they will let go and move on somewhere else. "Brunswick", i'm sorry, i mean Squirrel, I knew there was something fuzzy about you.......LOL Brcue, you always got some anecdote to make me spew drink on the keyboard. Instead of "tar baby" it's "tar squirrel".....
Are you sure? I know an electric fencer works for this, but question whether they would even feel a 12-14 volt DC voltage from a charger.
I personally havn't done it, and yes a electric fence does work also. I dont' have a problem with the little varmits, i shoot 'em with Remington Rat Shot. My neighbor uses a battery charger now on his 70 Monte Carlo to keep the varmits out. A battery charger packs enough punch for a little critter to piss itself, 6-12 volts at about 3-5 amps. An electric fence is normally 120v stepped down to 24v and will still set your pecker on fire is ya piss on it.
My 66 Bonneville sat for a summer outside, squirls ate up all the rubber vaccuum lines, radiator hoses, heater hoses and belts. They didnt touch the wireing.
try cayenne pepper mixed with black pepper dispersed around your engine compartment...some people use mothballs, but others don't like the smell or the chemicals...besides they are hard to catch and so small unless you can find a HUGE MOTH....yes, we have the same problem here, especially during cold winter months when you certainly don't want car problems!
Bad idea... They only run for so long when you forget they're back there.. You'll end up with something like what happened on National Lam****s Vegas Vacation..
Try this trap http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/3/Squirrel-Catapult-260348.html If nothing else it looks fun!
If i know there are cats in the area I now knock on the hood before i get in.... years ago took my dads car, buick w/ 4 belts...it was "below O" out side kind of like today...cat was under my nice warm hood and got into the belts..cat was 1/2 way around the pullys,guts.blood every where!!! cat was screem'n and little kids bawl'n i killed their cat... said to a kid get me a "22" had to shoot the cat, couldn't get close to him!!! No tools, broke all 4 belts, no auto parts store open, the cat was froze to everything!!!!! my old man as always, pissed at me!!! the kids, x-girlfriend, guy that owned the rifle, the auto parts store,every one PISSED at me!!?? D#@&//cats!!!
Waiting at an intersection one morning and I noticed a cat hangin ovet the front crossmember of a Buick station wagon. All day long my brother and I were going" "rRRAAARRRRRHRHRHRHFWAPPFRWAPP" The dude obviously knew cause he didnt look too happy. That squirrell launcher is great!!
Oh yea, Ive heard Oil of peppermint is the natural green peta thing to use. We have packrats here and I havent had a problem. I use it.
haha....my 56 i just got is missing the lower part of the door skin on 1 door so one day i jumped in it to just pretend i was gonna go for a ride as we all do ...so as i slam the door closed my neighbors fat as cat jumped from the back to the front seat and scared the **** out of me ...i puched the door open and fell out to the floor ..as the damn cat is there sitting on the drivers side of the seat looking at me as if he was just laughing at me ...i was pissed but it was funny at the same time ,,
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