Since I haven't fixed my tranny problem yet, my car hasn't really moved too much in the past couple weeks. I start it up here and there, to keep the juices flowing. I went to start it up right now, popped the hood, and the is **** everywhere. God damn rat ****! The best part, that bastard almost chewed through my plugwires. He chewed through 10.3mm plug wires almost to the core. Now I am going to have to pressure wash my engine, to get rid of all that ****, and buy new plug wires. Anybody have any tips to keep those bastards away?


Modified by ProjectPenny at 9:11 PM 11/18/2003

 

pellet gun. or rat traps of you don't have the time

 

I have two bb pistols and i just sold my pellet gun to a friend. Last week I blasted one of those bastards on my driveway. Maybe his homies saw and are bitter or something. I don't have the time to camp out and wait for some ******* rats. Where shuold I put the rat traps. There is rat **** primarily on my battery, fuel rail area, and header heat shield. And also on the bottom of my front mugen bumper where it goes under the engine bay.

 

Man that sucks I say shoot them.

 

my friend had an infestation in his garage i swear, he went and bought that decon rat killer and got rid of them with in a week. on the same note one did end up dying in the garage wall and stunk that place up hard core.

 

dont' know where to place them, you juct kind of gotta wing it. just do what feels right, or buy a **** load of them, it's not like they're expensive.

 

my suggestions in order from worst to best:

#1. A big cat.

#2. I've heard mothballs keep away animals. We use them for our flowerpots to keep out racoons and such.

#3. Rat poison, and lots of it. All around the car, yard and inside the motor bay. Hell, even leave a little antifreeze laying around for them to suckle on.

 

get a mean dog that likes to eat rats, but a dog that respects Preludes ...

Then you have security as well.

 

get a cat or rat traps, dude that sucks. A while back in the Type-R forum i read a story that was a lot like yours. One guy had his motor apart for a couple of days in his garage, doing a turbo install. Once he put everything back together and started the car, the motor blew. Upon taking everything apart he found a baby rat in the oil pan. During the down time, there was a rat that had made a home in his motor and he did not realize it and it cost him a Type-R motor. If you search the forum i'm sure you can find the story.