My FD Rats Nest Nightmare - Actual Rats!
01-23-07, 11:07 AM
#1
Slave2TheFD
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Nevada City, CA
Posts: 658
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My FD Rats Nest Nightmare - Actual Rats!
I was storing my FD at my parents house covered with a tarp under a walnut tree during the summer while I collect the parts needed to get it back on the road. I went last week to bold the hood and fenders on so I could drive it home and put it in the garage and when I opened the hood I saw a bunch of leaves. I heard movement in the leaves and a RAT poked it's head up and looked at me like WTF are you doing in my house! I tried to take a picture of him but he took off, but I took some pics of the nest while I was cleaning it out. He ate a bunch of wiring and tubing but I guess it could have been worse?
01-23-07, 11:15 AM
#4
RX-7 Bad Ass
iTrader: (55)
Damn, man that sucks! That's gonna take some serious work to sort out!
If it makes you feel any better, I'm sure the rat didn't have any fun passing that silicone vacuum tubing through his system
.
Get that rat out of there, find a way to prevent him from coming back (mothballs? I dunno) and start cleaning up the mess and assess what needs to be done.
Dale
If it makes you feel any better, I'm sure the rat didn't have any fun passing that silicone vacuum tubing through his system
.Get that rat out of there, find a way to prevent him from coming back (mothballs? I dunno) and start cleaning up the mess and assess what needs to be done.
Dale
01-23-07, 11:23 AM
#5
Slave2TheFD
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Nevada City, CA
Posts: 658
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It's been treated better the rest of it's life, I just needed to store it there for a couple months while I made room in the garage since I got an 07 STi. Luckily so far most of the wires are from stuff that wasn't being used ie the hookups for the Profec A which I didn't like anyway. Luckily I had already removed most of my smog and sequential turbo control lines so that gave them less tubes to eat. So far as I can tell no essential wiring was damaged and only 2 tubes, one to the fuel pressure regulator and one to the turbo control I think.
I'm going to go over there at lunch today and continue to clean it out. I tried grabbing the rat but he disappeared.
I'm going to go over there at lunch today and continue to clean it out. I tried grabbing the rat but he disappeared.
Trending Topics
01-23-07, 12:00 PM
#10
Rotary Enthusiast
iTrader: (5)
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: pennsylvania
Posts: 1,488
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
lol...turn the car on and close the hood. once you see smoke and smell something burning....you will know where the rat is.....high under hood temps are finally good for something
01-23-07, 12:37 PM
#14
Slave2TheFD
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Nevada City, CA
Posts: 658
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by THI
I don't think it's a rat but probably a small squirrel or chipmunk because of the collection of nuts in that nest. Nonetheless, I feel your pain...
01-23-07, 01:18 PM
#15
No Paypal Accepted!
lol i feel for you.
something crawled into my fan blower (a/c squrriel cage) a while back. car smelled bad but i ddint realize where the thing was until i turned the a/c on and heard body parts rattling around.
something crawled into my fan blower (a/c squrriel cage) a while back. car smelled bad but i ddint realize where the thing was until i turned the a/c on and heard body parts rattling around.
01-23-07, 01:23 PM
#17
Originally Posted by Buzzardsluck
lol i feel for you.
something crawled into my fan blower (a/c squrriel cage) a while back. car smelled bad but i ddint realize where the thing was until i turned the a/c on and heard body parts rattling around.
something crawled into my fan blower (a/c squrriel cage) a while back. car smelled bad but i ddint realize where the thing was until i turned the a/c on and heard body parts rattling around.
OMG thats very nasty. what did you do?
01-23-07, 04:20 PM
#18
Well I guess we finally need to add "rat in rats nest" as another possible turbo troubleshooting step.
If you're right, and you didn't lose any essential wiring, I'll be quite surprised and you'll be really lucky. If you needed new harnesses, you're talking 2 grand easy.
Dave
If you're right, and you didn't lose any essential wiring, I'll be quite surprised and you'll be really lucky. If you needed new harnesses, you're talking 2 grand easy.
Dave
01-23-07, 05:17 PM
#20
Full Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It will be really awesome if you could take a pic of the rat somehow... and then post it here... it should/will become part of the documentation on the rat's nest Or can someone do a good job at photoshop with it?
Or can someone do a good job at photoshop with it?
01-23-07, 05:22 PM
#22
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: ohio
Posts: 688
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
sorry to here that... good luck..
and moth ***** will save your *** next time ...
my grandfather popped his hood on his truck and had a posome under the hood...said it scared the **** out of him...
brad
and moth ***** will save your *** next time ...
my grandfather popped his hood on his truck and had a posome under the hood...said it scared the **** out of him...
brad
01-23-07, 05:53 PM
#23
Originally Posted by DaleClark
find a way to prevent him from coming back
One of them even sleeps on the sunroof and stands guard. It has a cover on it too.
01-23-07, 06:15 PM
#24
Full Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by alexdimen
Cats are the best rodent protection available. Where my FD is currently sitting there are 7 resident outdoor cats. One of them even sleeps on the sunroof and stands guard. It has a cover on it too.
One of them even sleeps on the sunroof and stands guard. It has a cover on it too. " 