lost my mouse !
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From: n.h.
lost my mouse !
this is the SECOND time this has happened.
taking the car on one last ride before snow,mouse comes out of hood and runs around car..at stoplite and i knock on back window to scare it off..so i dump the clutch and it falls off and the car behind me SWERVS into traffic to miss it !!..imediately i notice a drop in power..should get me a rat motor !
taking the car on one last ride before snow,mouse comes out of hood and runs around car..at stoplite and i knock on back window to scare it off..so i dump the clutch and it falls off and the car behind me SWERVS into traffic to miss it !!..imediately i notice a drop in power..should get me a rat motor !
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
what you need are mouse traps.....that little guy has been chewing on your wires....look for the smoke leaking from wires....
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From: Somewhere in Tucson AZ
St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by bobs77vet
what you need are mouse traps.....that little guy has been chewing on your wires....look for the smoke leaking from wires....
If a mouse has been chewing on the wires, then they must be replaced, because the smoke will keep escaping!
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From: Baton Rouge LA
Originally Posted by hosspowerinc
For some reason my car only had a limited smoke supply in my wires. Fire came out as a backup though. 
LOL....
Yeah once you let the smoke out it's hard to get it back in.
Paul
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by hosspowerinc
For some reason my car only had a limited smoke supply in my wires. Fire came out as a backup though.
so right after we get the beast....we are working on the car and i have my son pull out the seat to remove the carpet fragments and then reinstall and tighten down the seats....bubba has hot wired the power window switchs directly to the battery ...i say...son make sure you don't nick or pinch those wires...I step inside for a moment to here "dad i think the cars on fire"...i say why do think that ...he says "cause its filling up with smoke"....he pinched the wire between floor board and seat frame....
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From: I can walk to MA
Hey, I have a big mouse living in the back of my Mustang ...
wanna take it for a drive ?
So, it came out from the hood ? Like the cowl intake ?
I would check carefully. There has to be a nest in there somewhere.
Maybe he was down in the fender. Do you have the screens to
keep crap from egtting from wiper area to fender ?
Here is something I found in my 75 ... no joking ... inside the heater duct:
ACORNS !!
wanna take it for a drive ?
So, it came out from the hood ? Like the cowl intake ?
I would check carefully. There has to be a nest in there somewhere.
Maybe he was down in the fender. Do you have the screens to
keep crap from egtting from wiper area to fender ?
Here is something I found in my 75 ... no joking ... inside the heater duct:
ACORNS !!
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From: Little Rock AR
Originally Posted by hosspowerinc
For some reason my car only had a limited smoke supply in my wires. Fire came out as a backup though.
-Mark.