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Last weekend I opened the hood of my truck to find that the local squirrel population has designated my old Dodge to be the rodent equivalent of Fort Knox. All around in the engine bay and up in the hood insulation were many dozens of walnuts (my neighbor has a large walnut tree just 30' from where I park). I had to remove the insulation blanket and toss it in order to remove all the nuts.
Earlier today I had to make a quick trip into Three Rivers. I noticed that the idle was rather high when I came to the first stop sign and made a mental note to check that out when I got home. I pulled out on the highway and accelerated up to speed, relaxed my pressure on the accelerator pedal only to find it was stuck and I was still accelerating! No panic. I know I could kill the ignition if needed. I tried stomping down on the pedal a couple of times (remembering the walnut stash) and that freed the pedal. When I arrived at my destination I opened the hood to find 30 to 40 new walnuts stashed all over my intake manifold and a number of other areas inside the engine bay. Several were wedged under the accelerator linkage. Menards now has a parking space filled with walnuts in various stages of being roasted on my engine.
Anyone have an idea how to keep the critters out of my engine compartment and thereby keeping me from getting a speeding ticket?
Earlier today I had to make a quick trip into Three Rivers. I noticed that the idle was rather high when I came to the first stop sign and made a mental note to check that out when I got home. I pulled out on the highway and accelerated up to speed, relaxed my pressure on the accelerator pedal only to find it was stuck and I was still accelerating! No panic. I know I could kill the ignition if needed. I tried stomping down on the pedal a couple of times (remembering the walnut stash) and that freed the pedal. When I arrived at my destination I opened the hood to find 30 to 40 new walnuts stashed all over my intake manifold and a number of other areas inside the engine bay. Several were wedged under the accelerator linkage. Menards now has a parking space filled with walnuts in various stages of being roasted on my engine.
Anyone have an idea how to keep the critters out of my engine compartment and thereby keeping me from getting a speeding ticket?