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#362969 - 04/03/07 06:03 PM From the Un-Real File....
ozz73 journeyman Registered: 11/09/04 Posts: 63 Loc: Walley Country	So i was delivering some paper rts for my wife this morning (they are having a real bad time lately with carriers!!) about a hour in i started losing oil pressure, figured its been a while since last oil change so ran to gas station and filled oil up. 1 more hour later started losing oil pressure again, looked under truck and i was leaking oil from oil filter. Whent to another gas station and got under truck, on top side of filter there was a really tiny hole that was spewing oil out, put some RTV on it for temp fix- plugged er up and managed to get thru rts and home. When i got home to replace filter low and behold that on the exhaust running just to the side of the filter is a ONE fried mouse!!!! and when i pulled filter off it sure looked like where the hole on filter was, was some teeth jawing marks.... Nothing like having a mouse completely "expltetive" mess with you and potentially blow your motor!!!
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#362970 - 04/03/07 07:54 PM Re: From the Un-Real File.... [Re: ozz73]
Spackelman Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/27/06 Posts: 5098 Loc: Exit 117, Garden State Parkway...	Holy Mouse Bait Batman!! To late for April Fools Day.. I guess you can't make this stuff up - Wow. Maybe some type of sabotage, Ford sales are low. Great story. Have one on me. Edited by Spackelman (04/03/07 07:56 PM)
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#362971 - 04/03/07 09:15 PM Re: From the Un-Real File.... [Re: Spackelman]
morrisdancer Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/27/05 Posts: 8194 Loc: Michigan	I hate mice!!! Liz _________________________ Thanks, Chris and Ernie!
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#362972 - 04/03/07 10:13 PM Re: From the Un-Real File.... [Re: ozz73]
BillJeffy Don't Know Squat Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/02/06 Posts: 7864 Loc: USA	. . I can see the headlines from the Mouse Lab now............. ""Proven - Hot Mice have Stronger Bite"" MUUUUUHAHAHAHAHA _________________________ . . Just Common Sense...... . . err....I'm not a Doctor, but I'll take a LOOK ! !
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#362973 - 04/04/07 05:31 AM Re: From the Un-Real File.... [Re: ozz73]
Just_Bill Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/27/02 Posts: 19041 Loc: Wilmington, Delaware	Mice are a common problem with classic cars that don't get a lot of regular use, but they usually don't bother often used vehicles. _________________________ NOBAMA
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#362974 - 04/04/07 09:30 AM Re: From the Un-Real File.... [Re: Just_Bill]
ozz73 journeyman Registered: 11/09/04 Posts: 63 Loc: Walley Country	Took the carcas down to my wildlife fanatic friend and upon further review he says its a young RAT!!! Graaaaate- Rats potentially in the neighborhood.
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#362975 - 04/04/07 11:21 AM Re: From the Un-Real File.... [Re: ozz73]
RobHamilton Handyman Registered: 01/18/03 Posts: 1141	So is this how the came up with the nicknames "rat" and "mouse" motors? _________________________ Home brew Intel Core 2 Extreme 2.66, 2GB DDR2 ram, Dual NVIDIA 8800GTX 768Meg video cards.
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