Weather got nice and I took my 1986 Corvette out for a drive. It started right up but was running rough. Lifted the hood to find squirrels had eaten into the plug wires, heat shield and everything nearby. Does anyone know where I can get replacement wiring, connectors and heat shield?

 

Mice do a lot of damage like that too. I never would have thought about squirrels doing that too.

Hope it is not too hard to fix it all.

Good luck.

 

ecklers sells the pigtails to fix that

 

Fabric softener sheets placed in various places keep them out. Apparently the little rodents don't like the smell.

 

I recently did a $10K remodel on an expensive 2 story because the little limb rats had gotten in between the floors and were living comfortably in the insulation. They even tore out the paper to line their nest.

They chewed through aluminum vent pipe in several places to get in the floor system. I might add, the smell was not the least bit pleasant.

Rick

 

Better there than in your dash. I'd check the entire car over real good.

 

I have a 1972 Triumph GT6 sitting up at a barn. Rubber toy snakes placed around it, keep any rodent from coming near the vehicle. I also place them anywhere inside. Believe it or not, it helps and is safe so my dogs don't eat any rat poison etc.

 

Wow @%*&# squirrels , try the rubber snake idea.

 

Looks like my firebird right now. Bastards ate all the injector wires and a few other things.

I found something to stop them on cars that sit a good bit.

Sticky traps. The kind for mice. Put a few under the hood. They usually don't catch them but I guess it scares the crap out of them and they don't come back.

 

sticky traps come in rat size too,bounce works good and I got on to the electric pest controls last fall in the garage and seem to work well. Doesn't bother dogs or cats just vermin.

 

I 2nd the Bounce and moth ***** tied inside an old stocking help too.

 

They ate the bounce sheets so no go on those for the ones I had. Mothballs seem to work some.

 

"I live out in the country, and I like it that way..." (except for the uninvited critters which oui here is a fact of life.)

I've done the dryer sheets and moth ***** and peppermint oil on cotton ***** and sticky-traps, and even resorted to "snake shot" from my 44 Mag, and several pellets from the pellet gun and mouse traps, and STILL mice have braved that and the smelly repellants to nest where they aught not, and chewed what they never should have! That's bad enough. I'd hate to see what a limb rat would do!

I suspect the smelly deterrents do repel at least some critters, but by they're smelling (whatever), they're already where they shouldn't be!

"One Bite", I get at the local FARM AND FLEET store has become my first line of defense. And, I can say with certainty that stuff will get (kill) 90% of the creepers, leaving the smelly deterrents to repel the rest. Without the One Bite, it would be a loosing battle out here. In spite of it all, mice destroyed the wiring of my 93 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and have invaded one other car as well. So, I guess the next thing is a good ol' tomcat.

But, as for squirrels, I would imagine that "One Bite" would be as effective as anything. "One Bite" was SPECIFICALLY recommended over some other baits, as it is lethal to mice (and rats too, I can attest), but less likely to kill a dog - or so I'm told.

This topic should be a "sticky" note, much as it comes up, especially in the fall.

 

Im waiting on someone to invent mini laser turrets. I will invest HEAVILY when that day comes.

My yard or at least under my hoods will look like the death star during the x wing runs

My age is showing isn't it.....

 

Is dat so? IS DAT SO?? WE GOT DA GOODS ON YOU, YOU KNOW!!

Weeellll.... It ain't no joke! Ew jes park dat hot rod in MY driveway next winter, an it won't be so gall danged funny den, I betcha! You gonna see what rodent infestation can be like out here in da sticks, boy-yo-boy!!

"I hates meeces to pieces!" One year, (my first winter here in da stix) "Ol Snappy" (a Victor mouse trap) kilt over 30 mice before finally beating itself to pieces - shattering the little wood block. Covered with blood stains and traces of peanut butter and rust, I reluctantly put it in the trash where it had sent so many of its victims that winter, placed there with the sound of "Taps" playing in my mind.

None has come close to breaking the record. However, One Bite is probably responsible for that: at trap can't catch mice that don't exist. Maybe 2 or 3 a season is all I "Snappy Jr" catches in the house now. The rodent kills went from a torrential flood to a drip after One Bite was spread around the ranch. GOOD RIDDANCE!

And, I keeps a sharp eye out for limb rats too! They can do some serious damage in a hurry! Fortunately, their numbers are relatively small (compared to what the mouse/rat situation is/was). And, if there are any around the buildings, they can't seem to resist the sunflower seed in the bird feeders. A reminder from a BB gun at the ready sends them packin tho. (Left un-fettered, they will destroy a "bird seeder" (I call 'em) in short order.)

 

Man, I thought I had it bad.

Just finished replacing the plug wires that either mice or squirrels had chewed up while my car was living on the PO's farm. I found a lot of nesting material, food shells and other residue in and around the TPI system, but thank God they didn't get into the injector wiring!

So far I haven't found any other wiring destroyed by the little buggers and it now lives in my garage with Bounce sheets and little containers of Irish Spring soap chips in strategic locations around it. So far, so good.

My sympathies and best of luck finding the necessary parts to get it running again.

 

We had little mice in MS and AL in the house and a "Snappy" family trap took care of em. Here in FL I have yet to live in a house that doesnt have something scurrying in the attic. I owned Dalmatians here and by god they were better'n a damn cat by a mile in killing the little critters. About once a week I would find one of their victims in the back yard. Even found a full grown possum in the pen once! What prompted that stupid critter to enter a 10X20 pen with 2 dogs is beyond me. Smartest, most loyal, territorial dogs I have ever owned.

Dont know what to add to what has already been mentioned other than daily driving as I do.

 

moth ***** worked for me. Spread them under the car, and in the car . One bite sounds like something I need to get rid of the darn things running around the back yard.

 

I had one of the little bastards eat all the wires off my cruise control anywhere I can get a pig tail for it?

 

Take an alka seltzer tablet and give it a little peanut butter coating to attract and entice them to eat. Place them close to areas you know they are getting in. Apparently mice and other small vermin have this little not being able to pass gas issue so it pops their stomachs.