Mine was Cat food deposited by mice in the Monza exhaust a few years ago. The
machine gun effect of all the crunchy bits flying out the back was
deafening! :)
Joe
bob bownes wrote:
>
> So this afternoon was warm and sunny and nice outside. And, once again,
> I managed to spend a good chunk of it inside. But the latter half of it
> I spent in the garage, puttering about, getting the FV ready for the
> first race of the season next weekend. Charged up the race car battery,
> fixed some bodywork, discovered a broken front bearing cage, and a few
> other little joys of racing.
>
> After the battery said it was done charging, I moved the charger over to
> the tr6. In due course, I gave it a crank to see if she would fire up.
> She did, accompanied by the most god-awful racket from the vicinity of
> the tailpipes and garage door (closed). So I shut the car down and
> investigated...
>
> The mice had filled the mufflers with acorns, which upon starting the
> car were ejected with some force into the garage door! Once I stopped
> lauging, and opened the door and fired it up again, they seem to have
> all been expelled.
>
> Ah well, the price of living in the country.
>
> Bact to the salt mines.
>
> iii
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