<VV> Plugs And Pinging and Rodents

[Charles Lee]

Car has had no cover - to pretty to hide and that's the only purpose she 
served for 12 years - driveway candy -

Sitting on 14" Keystone mags bought for her birthday a few years back...

No evidence of residence (key that rhymes !)

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Plugs And Pinging and Rodents


> Ron,
>
> A determined rodent can eat through the heater hoses and can get to the
> interior or the engine from there.  They will take the rear seat stuffing
> and use them on top of the cylinder heads.
>
> Do you use a car cover?  Does ANY PART of it ever touch the ground?  If 
> so,
> you've been lucky so far - or have mice that are well fed elsewhere.
>
> Yes, a mouse can go between the slots leading to the plenum.
>
> Later, JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
> To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:19 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Plugs And Pinging
>
>
>> Not so, what heater openings where?  Only the drain holes behind the rear
>> window are possibilities and they don't exist on wagons and would be easy
>> to plug with a small screen.  I'm assuming that the louver spacing for
>> engine air is small enough to keep mice out.  I have never had mice in a
>> Corvair.
>> RonH
>>
>> RonH
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Plugs And Pinging
>>
>>
>>> Not So.  There are other ways in - like the fresh air heater for one.
>>> Later, JR
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
>>> To: "Smitty" <vairologist at cox.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:59 PM
>>> Subject: Re: <VV> Plugs And Pinging
>>>
>>>
>>>> That's why it's important to retain all of the original shrouding and
>>>> thermostats as with them, there's no rodent entrance to the engine.
>>>> Only
>>>> those with poorly maintained vehicles can have that problem.
>>>> RonH
>>>>
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