OT: was Re: electrical problem

[Cmr446@cs.com (Cmr446@cs.com)]

 vwscir88@hotmail.com writes:

<< >
 >You said that the car had been in the garage for 6 months so I'd recommend
 >that you look for evidence of some four legged friends and don't even think
 >they can't get inside and nest above the fuse box.
 >  >>

      Speaking of nasty little rodents from hell, in '96 I had the pleasure 
of chasing field mice around the engine bay of a Ferrari 456. The owner had 
brought it in because it wouldn't start. The little monsters had crawled on 
top of the engine and under a cover. This covered the wiring harness that ran 
to the fuel injectors and engine sensors and apparently thr mice thought the 
insulation made great bedding material! They didn't want to give up their new 
home easily as I and another tech  were having to flush them out from all 
sorts of places around the motor and grabbing them up with needle nose 
pliers. We also found where one mouse had chewed through a gromet on the 
firewall and made his way inside. Our guess was it didn't like Italian 
leather since none of the seats and trim had been chewed on, but we found a 
pile of foam from either a seat cushion or panel. We left a chunk of rat 
poison for him.
  Less than a month later after the owner moved to California, a Ferrari 
dealership called us to ask us about the dead mice in the car...and the 
smell. 
 
Carl
77rocco
89fox