Mouse Attack!
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I adjusted the tappet gaps on Sunday and after re-assembly, had just fired her up for the first time in about 3 weeks. I was kneeling by the engine compartment drivers side (UK) when movement caught my eye and I was amazed to see a mouse scurrying toward me on the flat bodywork just before the wind screen. It had come from around the corner, so I assume that it came out of the door. Presumably it had been startled by the noise of the engine and come running, only to be startled again by me staring back at it.
I chased it around the engine compartment and out of the garage.
But then I got to wondering where it might have been, what it might have eaten, which wires will now short and burn, how many friends are still aboard... Theres no obvious sign of damage and its always possible that it had only just arrived...
Anyone out there that can offer words of wisdom on results from mouse attacks on the humble Elan?
Matt
I chased it around the engine compartment and out of the garage.
But then I got to wondering where it might have been, what it might have eaten, which wires will now short and burn, how many friends are still aboard... Theres no obvious sign of damage and its always possible that it had only just arrived...
Anyone out there that can offer words of wisdom on results from mouse attacks on the humble Elan?
Matt
1965 Elan S2
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I've got mouse/car stories out the kazoo including a "you don't even want to know how" killing in the heater blower "mouse" cage of an Integra. Look for any gathering of soft tufted/chewed stuff, (carpet backing? shop rags? yesterday's newspaper?) golf ball sized or bigger, in under the dash and around and in the heater core shroud... They're looking for warmth more than wiring components, not to say sharpening their teeth on the red wires is out of the question. I use a Havaheart trap with peanut butter to eliminate the rascals and take 'em to ritzy neighborhoods and set 'em free.
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Hi
I keep finding acorns (only a couple or so at a time) in my pedal box, underneath the master cylinders. I broke a +2 that had an unreal number of acorns in the nosecone, and air filter trunking. It also had loads of snails (dead) in the chassis under the propshaft near the back.
Berni
I keep finding acorns (only a couple or so at a time) in my pedal box, underneath the master cylinders. I broke a +2 that had an unreal number of acorns in the nosecone, and air filter trunking. It also had loads of snails (dead) in the chassis under the propshaft near the back.
Berni
Zetec+ 2 under const, also 130S. And another 130S for complete restoration. Previously Racing green +2s with green tints. Yellow +2 and a couple of others, all missed. Great to be back 04/11/2021 although its all starting to get a bit out of control.
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Last week I received some plastic gloves from Screwfix (intended for use when washing cars), left them on my workbench. Two days later a mouse had made a meal of them.
Just purchased one of those ultra-sonic things to get rid of them (the mice, not the gloves).
Pete
Just purchased one of those ultra-sonic things to get rid of them (the mice, not the gloves).
Pete
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