- Joined
- May 15, 2020
- Messages
- 3,511
- Reaction score
- 6,308
- Age
- 69
- Location
- Atlanta
- Vehicle Year
- 1997 1987
- Make / Model
- Ranger XLT x2
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 4.0 & 2.9
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- 97 stock, 3” on 87
- Total Drop
- N/A
- Tire Size
- 235/75-15
- My credo
- Never put off ‘til tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely
After dragging the Missing Linc home from South Carolina, swapping the motor and some other stuff and got it running on the road, I moved to the little things like heat and wipers and such.
Amazingly everything seemed to work. It sounded like the blower was going, but I couldn’t get any air on the windshield, out the dash, or underneath. I started to pull it apart and realized I didn’t have a “mouse house,“ I had a mouse mixed use apartment and condominium complex.
I started pulling it out with long nose pliers, and twisted coat hangers, and realized I would’ve been doing that forever. Then I cut a piece of old shop vac hose and taped it onto the end of the leaf blower, and started pointing it in and out at strategic places. I got it all cleaned out in about 15 minutes.
I got covered with leaves and insulation and mouse crap and some nuts and pine straw, etc. Yeah, I blew it all out in 15 minutes, and then I took a hot shower for an hour and a half!
I’ve always had a bunch of cars, and the mice crawling in and building a house was always a problem. I used to put latex gloves on the end of the tailpipes, etc., so they only build the mouse houses under the battery or such. One of Rick’s tips by the way, if you use something like a latex glove and you forget it’s on there, it blows off with the first crank.
Amazingly everything seemed to work. It sounded like the blower was going, but I couldn’t get any air on the windshield, out the dash, or underneath. I started to pull it apart and realized I didn’t have a “mouse house,“ I had a mouse mixed use apartment and condominium complex.
I started pulling it out with long nose pliers, and twisted coat hangers, and realized I would’ve been doing that forever. Then I cut a piece of old shop vac hose and taped it onto the end of the leaf blower, and started pointing it in and out at strategic places. I got it all cleaned out in about 15 minutes.
I got covered with leaves and insulation and mouse crap and some nuts and pine straw, etc. Yeah, I blew it all out in 15 minutes, and then I took a hot shower for an hour and a half!
I’ve always had a bunch of cars, and the mice crawling in and building a house was always a problem. I used to put latex gloves on the end of the tailpipes, etc., so they only build the mouse houses under the battery or such. One of Rick’s tips by the way, if you use something like a latex glove and you forget it’s on there, it blows off with the first crank.