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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 10:39 PM
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RATS !!!

I hate rats ... Or were they mice ...

Been using the Cherokee lately because it has a better heater ... Went out this afternoon to circulate the oil in the F250 ... Cranked and cranked on it ... Let it rest a bit ... Cranked some more ... Batteries started getting low so I recharged with the Jeep ... Started cranking a bit more and POW ... Out the tailpipe flew a rats nest ... Started right nice after that ... I gotta get some stacks ...
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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IN THE MEANTIME PUT SOME CHICKEN WIRE OVER IT AND TWIST WIRE IT DOWN.
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 12:01 PM
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A few years ago a customer brought me an old 6.9 that he hadn't used in a few years to get running again. We got it freshened up and started it and it set and idled for at least 30 minutes before I took off for a road test and onlt went maybe 75 feet before it started running like crap, then took off and ran perfect. I came back and one of my hands said when it started missing he looked up and it shot a big rat out of the tailpipe and the rat was black from the exhaust but ran off . You would have thought the exhaust would have killed it as long as it had been running.
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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They build them in my 4 wheeler all the time. I think I will try the chicken wire next time in at my dads shop.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2010 | 07:56 PM
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I've had 2 mice incidents: they chewed the spark plug wires up on my Mustang that was sitting in the driveway, then they got inside my F-150 & built a nest in the blower fan.
 
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