JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> yes, mice can destroy a car...
> not a vanagon, but....
> 3 weeks ago my parents Caprice wagon failed to start.  batt fine, but no
> power going to starter.. popped the hood, and saw a mouse scurrying.
> mouse nest on top of the engine, under the air cleaner.  3 baby mice in it.
> they pulled the hood insulation off to make the nest.
> cleaned out the mouse nest, and got back into car, turned key, still nothing,
> then all the sudden the shorted wire made a connection again, and car
> started.
> drove like 300 miles, then car failed to start again.
>
> turns out mouse was STILL in the car...
> anyway, i saw him staring at me from inside the hood (under the insulation)
> shooke the hood, he fell out, and i threw him over into the bushes..(dont
> worry, im sure he's still alive)
> had car towed home, and it still sits, dead.  (but with a baited mousetrap on
> top of the fan shroud!! )
> most likely the little rodent had chewed thru some of the wires - but i
> havent been able to locate which ones..
>
> tow truck driver said that was one of the most original stories he's heard..
>
> chris

JEEZ, do I have to send you Dudes some CATS to solve your problems???

BOB - WA4RRN
'85GL - "Bourgeois"
http://www.mouseeatingpussies.com