KelvinKDX
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- Aug 25, 2000
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I found some unwelcome campers, here's how it transpired:
Sunday i take my dogs to the park for a walk, afterwards i stopped at the grocery store for some stuff for dinner. When i came out of the store my truck would not start. :think: It seemed like a dead battery which didn't seem too likely as it's a pretty new truck. I opened up the hood to find about a bushel of grass/twigs/branches/leaves. The damn engine compartment was crammed full! I thought a racoon had made a nest in there.
Well - got a jump and was able to get the truck home but it was evident that there was something wrong electrically (acted like a failing alternator). I had to go to Mexico the next morning for a few days and got back this evening - opened up the hood to see what damage might have occured Sunday and bammo - the same thing. Only this time there is a squirrel staring me in the face. She scampers away and i can hear her babies crying. :whiner:
I felt bad as i cleared away the second bushel of grass/twigs/branches/leaves/electrical wiring/vacuum hoses/and other miscellaneous engine parts as i knew that i would come across the babies eventually. Well - i did find them and came to the realization that it's a truck and not a maternity ward. So i gently scouped them up and placed them under Wendys' pillow. Boy will she be pissed when she finds them tonight!!
OK - so i didn't really do that - but it did cross my mind. :debil:
So now here i am - i just killed two little squirrels and the wiring and vacuum lines in my engine compartment are on par with confeity. I have to get the truck towed to the dealer as there are so many wires and other items eaten away that i'm afraid to even try to start it.
This is going to probably be slightly expensive. :ugg:
OK - i'm done venting.
Sunday i take my dogs to the park for a walk, afterwards i stopped at the grocery store for some stuff for dinner. When i came out of the store my truck would not start. :think: It seemed like a dead battery which didn't seem too likely as it's a pretty new truck. I opened up the hood to find about a bushel of grass/twigs/branches/leaves. The damn engine compartment was crammed full! I thought a racoon had made a nest in there.
Well - got a jump and was able to get the truck home but it was evident that there was something wrong electrically (acted like a failing alternator). I had to go to Mexico the next morning for a few days and got back this evening - opened up the hood to see what damage might have occured Sunday and bammo - the same thing. Only this time there is a squirrel staring me in the face. She scampers away and i can hear her babies crying. :whiner:
I felt bad as i cleared away the second bushel of grass/twigs/branches/leaves/electrical wiring/vacuum hoses/and other miscellaneous engine parts as i knew that i would come across the babies eventually. Well - i did find them and came to the realization that it's a truck and not a maternity ward. So i gently scouped them up and placed them under Wendys' pillow. Boy will she be pissed when she finds them tonight!!
OK - so i didn't really do that - but it did cross my mind. :debil:
So now here i am - i just killed two little squirrels and the wiring and vacuum lines in my engine compartment are on par with confeity. I have to get the truck towed to the dealer as there are so many wires and other items eaten away that i'm afraid to even try to start it.
This is going to probably be slightly expensive. :ugg:
OK - i'm done venting.