[TR] Critters - revisited

Joe Curry spitlist at cox.net
Fri Dec 18 09:52:39 MST 2009


Down here in AZ, it's Pack Rats (not the human kind) that like to eat the
wiring on cars left outside.

Joe

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[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of wbeech at flash.net
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:17 AM
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Indeed Jon, I had the plastic reservoir chewed through on a vehicle a few
years back.  Did not find it until I noticed the brakes getting a little
soft!

Also ruined a wiring harness in the tractor too!

Bill 

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[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Macartney
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:01 AM
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Subject: [TR] Critters - revisited

This subject comes up from time to time, so I thought I'd offer the latest
for review.
Spent some time talking to a group of people yesterday on the subject of
"Urban Phenomena" - in this case, animals. In the UK, we are seeing a
substantial increase in wild animals moving into urban communities and
living happily alongside human beings. Badgers and foxes are typical
examples.
One of
the people in the group told the rest of us he'd finished a 6 year long
restoration of a 3A and took it on its first trip to visit his brother. The
car was left overnight in the brother's carport and as the evening drew on,
the family watched the antics of some fox cubs playing near the garage on
the lawn.
Next morning, as the 3A was reversed out to return to its new home, all of a
sudden - no brakes! Urgent investigation as to the reasons why, revealed
tiny and very sharp teeth had knawed both front hydraulic pipes - and
identities of the culprits was confirmed pretty well immediately by what was
left under the car - apart from the fluid on the concrete. Clearly, Dot 4
hydraulic fluid acts as a most effective laxative for fox cubs!

Jonmac
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