Rat nest and engine fires
Kind Of a follow-up to my cayenne pepper post, of the last few days. Rats and rodents, seem to love the engine valley of my V-10. Two seasons ago I saw rat signs when I popped the hood. So I pulled t...
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I bought a used V-10 class C that had sat for a couple of years. I drove it home almost 400 miles pedal to the medal on a cool and rainy day in November. A few days later I took a light to the engine department and saw what you found, maple leaves. I started gathering them from the front with a vacuum cleaner and got a decent bucket out. Next day I took the doghouse off and got another bucket. Literally packed but no bodies.
It took an hour, and a bit more to clean up the mess. Having said that, I remembered when they asked me when I bought insurance for the year they said "Do you want new replacement value?" It was a lot more but they assured me that I could cancel that when I wanted and revert back to the insurance based on what I paid for it.
Next time when I am offered new replacement value, I will take it for a couple of months until I am sure the new to me rig is not going to blow up or burn down. Scared the Holey Bejesus right out of me when I realized how close it was to a total write off.
It took an hour, and a bit more to clean up the mess. Having said that, I remembered when they asked me when I bought insurance for the year they said "Do you want new replacement value?" It was a lot more but they assured me that I could cancel that when I wanted and revert back to the insurance based on what I paid for it.
Next time when I am offered new replacement value, I will take it for a couple of months until I am sure the new to me rig is not going to blow up or burn down. Scared the Holey Bejesus right out of me when I realized how close it was to a total write off.
