Rodent Damage To a Snowblower

[soverato3]

mice can craw througt a beerbottle hole so a 1cm hole is no deal for them..

[ChargerMiles007]

Why those little Rat B$ast%rds!!!! >:((

Chewing up the spark plug wire!

I have seen the same thing on riding mowers. They better leave my 1970 Briggs Max Noiz alone, or it will be WAR!!!!

They luv to eat car seats also, so always put 8 or 10 mouse traps in a parked car, some in the trunk, passengers floor, AND on the engine. We killed one on top of the engine!

They can sure cause a lot of damage :(

[Liamautomechanic]

sure was one hungry vermin,

[5074BIGTOM]

Was wandering why my snow blower wasn't going as fast as it should when i was walking behind it, so i took off the skid plate to check the chain's well load and behold if there wasn't a hudge nest in there, needless to say the chipmunk didn't win run's great now.

[zigZag776]

Them little buggers sure can be nasty to our engines. lol

[youroldbuddy1]

ya they do alot a damage to your engine's loved the vid :)

[elpunto231]

very interesting video...

[Trapper100]

My lawn mower would not start in the spring I found out that the muffler was full of spider webs.I cleaned it out now it`s OK now.

[BuhlzI]

I found a dead snake in my yard mower. It was lodged up near the air intake. I had to rebuild the carb and found it during the dis-assembly. All the was left were the skeleton.

[Steven715715]

LOL Little sod's They get into any where good video as always. P.s how is your wife nowerdays I hope that you are both are keeping well. Steve

[venturadave]

When I was a kid back in Minnesota, I stored my dirt bike in the shed over winter. Come spring it was very hard to start, had no power, and sounded weird. I finally discovered the exhaust had been filled with acorns by some squirrels. I took the muffler off and my dad saw me shaking out the oily soot cover acorns and said "so there really are muffler bearings" I guess that was a joke when he was a kid. It ran perfect when I got them all out.

[donyboy73]

@venturadave lol

[NicksGarageDoor]

I'm sure you've seen the bottom vent holes in the air filter housing of a Briggs opposed twin. I've seen a mouse go through there.

[wmgatorfan08]

Could you wrap the coil wire in electrical tape or will you have to replace the whole coil?

[donyboy73]

@wmgatorfan08 i used electrical tape and then some shrink tubing over it

[wmgatorfan08]

@donyboy73 Yeah I figured that would be the easiest and most cost effective way to repair it. I love seeing several videos posted up this week! Keep it up!!

[donyboy73]

@wmgatorfan08 thanks for watching, not as busy so was able to post a second one

[xaaps2010]

is that a new mig welder? can you do a welding video with it?

[donyboy73]

@xaaps2010 mig videos in the works for next month and also building a mig cart

[Jdcap26]

Ok Don, stop sending them little guys  out LOL, you have to wonder way they do this ?cheers

[donyboy73]

@Jdcap26 lol

[richardwernst]

How will you repair the spark plug wire, I'm assuming it's not replaceable without replacing the coil, is that correct?

[donyboy73]

@richardwernst i used electrical tape and then some shrink tubing over it

[maksym2k]

I've seen a mouse go about in a house (captured it) and it went places I never expected it to fit in, like a fairly normal sized mouse going in a 1-2 inch hole, crazy.

[donyboy73]

@maksym2k yea it's amazing

[skaaltel]

Hi Donyboy - I have found entire rodent nests, complete with dead rodent under seats in cars, in air cleaner boxes, on top of engine skid plates - all over the place! I guess it just goes to show - a quick look at your engine every now and again never hurts.

I was wondering if you do any work on snowmobiles? I haven't seen you work on any yet, but was hoping you might do one on synchronizing multiple carb engines!

[donyboy73]

@skaaltel i don't work on many snowmachines because it requires so many new tools and i keep pretty busy otherwise

[dejanira2]

ahhhhh, wires hewed, NUTS in carburetors, gotta keep these things in a SAFE place.

[HappyScrappy47]

They's hungry man !!...lol....

[prolandscaper228]

ooh, thats ng!!

[ncrdisabled]

I had the same problem with my 1991 MTD blower I forgot to put some moth balls on and around it . I replaced a wire and taped the spark plug wire.

[TheFred1952]

I have a fish finder tha I had in a cabenit the little bastards ate all my wires down to the copper

[donyboy73]

@TheFred1952 wow that would be a hassle to fix

[TheFred1952]

@donyboy73 yes some of it is coaxal

[pivotboy63]

nasty little things, i had one hide under the flywheel when i tried to start it. what a mess that was...

[Takasch54]

People don't give them any food, so they get mad and chew up wires on their equipment

[ScagSWZU]

nice mig weldervin the backround

[donyboy73]

@ScagSWZU thanks, it's the 180c

[yamahafordlover]

damn rodents they make me so much money

[donyboy73]

@yamahafordlover lol

[yamahafordlover]

@donyboy73 Funny thing is i've gotten like 12 snowblowers that were "seized" or "scored", and end up popping off the recoil cover and finding a mouse nest that caused the engine not to spin normally....

[chazzerchazic]

a mouse can fit through a hole the size of your little finger a rat can fit trough a hole the size of your thumb

[daand12]

@michaellulrich1 just to prevent that a fag gaves the first comment :)

[indyman151]

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