RE: [Chevelle-list] Mouse Motor

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J.D.,   Not only did the mice live in my truck for a while, I think they drove it around some too!    Dad couldn't get it started one time and upon pulling the breather cover off, we discovered a family of mice had taken up residence in the air breather! No damage yet but a real mess; and a couple of POed mice. After I bought the truck, I started working on things that used to work, like the heater. Pulled the motor and the squirrel cage was jammed with some kind of stuffing. Then I starting pulling stuffing out; it was packed all the way down to the heater core. I could have stuffed a king size pillow with all that came out of that truck!   Look around, there may be more "mouse sign" if you catch my drift!   Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of J.D. Stewart Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 10:26 AM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Mouse Motor     I started taking things apart last night in order to get the engine out.  Good thing I decided to go that direction, because when I took off the upper radiator hose, I found more evidence of mice.  Yuck!     The carb won't need rebuilding because there wasn't one.  I have a new Edelbrock 1406 sitting on the shelf, and the Edelbrock manifold came in yesterday.  The previous owner sold the stock 2-bbl carb and manifold and just sat an 80s manifold on the engine and laid a blanket over it.  Good intentions, but it didn't work.     The inside of the engine isn't all gunked up, so this may be an easy rebuild.  At least I'll have all sorts of room to detail the engine compartment while it's out. J.D. Stewart LMAO! Darn those pesky rodents. I would rip the motor apart myself and check out the cylinder walls, service as needed, invest in some new rings and gaskets at the very least. Heck you get that far and you might as well just do a mild rebuild IMO. I have never seen people with much luck getting a motor running when it looks like that and has sat for that long. Most likely the carb will need to rebuilt as well as those seals and gaskets are probably pretty poor now.   Looks like a nice start to a project there. Keep us posted on the progress.   Mikey