My 97 ES300 was completely disabled...by a rat 0.o
02-24-08, 12:00 PM
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My 97 ES300 was completely disabled...by a rat 0.o
A normal Saturday afternoon as I try to start my car and it would not start, the sound doesn't seem like the battery was dying so I popped the hood to see if there's anything else unusual, and there it is-a big fat furry rat sitting right next to the engine 
I first thought the sun was playing tricks in my eyes, but then i noticed the sun was not there, but the rat was and its real! The little bastard quickly jumped down and disappeared into the alleyway, as I inspected the engine compartment I found that 3 wires were chewed up by the damn rat, I was in shocked and completely speechless...0.o
I live in Baltimore city and rat is a big problem, they dig up your trash but I just never thought they can easily climb up from underneath, chew up some wires and make you late for work!
So aside from the fact that I'm still shocked by the ridiculous f-ed up story, I have no idea what the rat did to my car =P, take a look at the pictures, could someone help me ID these parts, what did the rat chew up? Why won't the engine start? Will this be a pain to fix? How much do you think its gonna cost to fix?
And someone please tell me this is not a sign of the end of the universe =)
Three wires to Two connectors were chewed up:
Connector#1:
Connector#2:
Connector#2:
I first thought the sun was playing tricks in my eyes, but then i noticed the sun was not there, but the rat was and its real! The little bastard quickly jumped down and disappeared into the alleyway, as I inspected the engine compartment I found that 3 wires were chewed up by the damn rat, I was in shocked and completely speechless...0.o
I live in Baltimore city and rat is a big problem, they dig up your trash but I just never thought they can easily climb up from underneath, chew up some wires and make you late for work!
So aside from the fact that I'm still shocked by the ridiculous f-ed up story, I have no idea what the rat did to my car =P, take a look at the pictures, could someone help me ID these parts, what did the rat chew up? Why won't the engine start? Will this be a pain to fix? How much do you think its gonna cost to fix?
And someone please tell me this is not a sign of the end of the universe =)
Three wires to Two connectors were chewed up:
Connector#1:
Connector#2:
Connector#2:
02-24-08, 07:55 PM
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lol yea i just couldn't believe this **** happened, god damn it!
Thanks JSM1284 for the info. Can any mechanic fix this up easily? are these standard parts?
Thanks JSM1284 for the info. Can any mechanic fix this up easily? are these standard parts?
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02-25-08, 08:13 AM
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Or buy a hungry cat and keep him under your hood at night...
Seriously tho, I guess it would be pretty hard to prevent it from happening again. It's near impossible to keep a rat from getting into somewhere it wants to go. I think they could squeeze thru a hole the size of quarter if they had to....the destructive little *****! Good luck with the repairs.
Seriously tho, I guess it would be pretty hard to prevent it from happening again. It's near impossible to keep a rat from getting into somewhere it wants to go. I think they could squeeze thru a hole the size of quarter if they had to....the destructive little *****! Good luck with the repairs.
02-25-08, 08:19 AM
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ethis thread will go down in lexus history, fuhlarious!!!!!!!!!!
question that goes through my mind is why do they chew on plastic, dirty electrical wires..... makes no sense to me.
edit: since you have the electrical connectors, you could repair it by soldering new wire to it[less than 20 dollars in parts/supplies; maybe 80 in labor with the right person]. however, the professional thing to do might be to get new harnessing which could be very costly. call your ins [just for a laugh mostly] to ask if you have urban rodentia coverage? see if they claim it an act of god .....
if you had a shot of the rat still in there, this would probably make it to the mainstream national news... im telling you this is hilarious
question that goes through my mind is why do they chew on plastic, dirty electrical wires..... makes no sense to me.
edit: since you have the electrical connectors, you could repair it by soldering new wire to it[less than 20 dollars in parts/supplies; maybe 80 in labor with the right person]. however, the professional thing to do might be to get new harnessing which could be very costly. call your ins [just for a laugh mostly] to ask if you have urban rodentia coverage? see if they claim it an act of god .....
if you had a shot of the rat still in there, this would probably make it to the mainstream national news... im telling you this is hilarious
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02-25-08, 08:46 AM
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If I saw the lil bastard down in there I would've caught him and poked him all day with a very sharp stick. Just my 2 cents.
But see if you can get your insurance to pay for the repairs, and if not... Well I'm sorry for ya.
But see if you can get your insurance to pay for the repairs, and if not... Well I'm sorry for ya.
02-25-08, 11:18 AM
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in usa , a lexus .... cheap to repair all those ripper out electrical parts? no... but positive thinking is good : >
i think the rat should be chewing on normal stuff not the wires. it was probably building a nest in there, or wanted to. but still.... couldnt it find better materials
yesit would be funny if it happened to me. very funny. in fact, it wouldbe hilarious since everyone would tell me, "of course, only you brian"
and if I had a picture of the rat, hahaha, that would be awesome [i have never seen one before, to begin with, making this even funnier to me]
bear grylls would have just caught the rat, and ate him, and then made a coat with his outer skin and fur, and used the rats bones to make some kind of trap to catch more of it's kind .... hahah that guy is awesome, he survives in the most disguisting and entertaining ways ...
i think the rat should be chewing on normal stuff not the wires. it was probably building a nest in there, or wanted to. but still.... couldnt it find better materials
yesit would be funny if it happened to me. very funny. in fact, it wouldbe hilarious since everyone would tell me, "of course, only you brian"
and if I had a picture of the rat, hahaha, that would be awesome [i have never seen one before, to begin with, making this even funnier to me]
bear grylls would have just caught the rat, and ate him, and then made a coat with his outer skin and fur, and used the rats bones to make some kind of trap to catch more of it's kind .... hahah that guy is awesome, he survives in the most disguisting and entertaining ways ...
