Something every MEP TQG owner should undertake... rodent proofing

[Light in the Dark]

Going through a low hour, good condition 802 for an existing customer. This thing was on a trailer, way up and away from problems... Looks super clean and in awesome shape right?



Almost EVERY single time.... and you won't ever know unless you take the roof off and/or see sign near the air intake hose



Do yourself a favor... identify any and all ingress points for rodents on your particular machine, and use some 1/4" (or smaller) hardware cloth to refuse entry to the little nest builders. This was on a trailer unit... how easy can they sneak in to your machine, if its ground mounted? Short money today... big savings in the future!

 

[2Pbfeet]

Where else do you recommend? I did the intakes, the drain under the engine, and sealed the power feed through. The coolant drain I protected with a female brass GHT to barb adapter, with the female section flipped over to protect the hose. Anywhere else of concern? Can mice get in through the battery hold down slots?



All the best,

2Pbfeet

 

[Godspeed131]

After reading on here about the havoc that the little buggers cause, that was one of the first things I did to mine when I got it. I posted it here awhile back

Screens to keep out pests, any problems with restriction?

I thought I was all done cleaning up and doing maintenance on my new to me MEP-803A. Then I saw a photo on this site of the second wiring compartment that sits behind the first wiring compartment. So I took off the top panel to investigate, only to discover a large mouse nest. Luckily no wires...

www.steelsoldiers.com

Fast forward to two weeks ago I pulled it out of storage and all the screens must have worked cause the only place they got in was the top screen where the radiator intake is, but it doesn’t lead to anywhere so they can’t hurt anything further. Anyways while cleaning it all out, I apparently had help removing the pest by the 2-3 ft long snake skin that remained in the rats nest lol. I chock that up as a win.

 

[Fungal]

I apparently had help removing the pest by the 2-3 ft long snake skin that remained in the rats nest lol. I chock that up as a win.

Hah! Nice... I never kill snakes... even venomous ones get to live (unless I catch them in the house).

Because they have snake-things they need to go do... like eat rodents.

And you usually only have trouble with snakes if you're careless, or dumb (or drunk)... and snakes don't chew-your-wires/start-fires... or give you Hantavirus... or Bubonic Plague...