sjholt
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Stainless braided fuel lines will stop the them, use it wherever there are rubber lines.
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Stim
NE Florida
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Had them chew through the fuel line on my PU at the gas tank. I started to leave my property and stopped to close the gates when I smelled gas. I looked under it and it was spraying onto the muffler! I had to remove the bed to repair it!
I put heavy grease on the line after I repaired it with a piece of hose and double hose clamps.
They wiped out 5 rows of my corn last summer just as it was ready to pick! Neighbors have trouble too. Wipe out their gardens and even eat their flowers and dig the bulbs.
I guess the economy is not bad enough yet for people to be eating them. ???
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ferndaleflyer wrote:I don't know how to fix the MH but the squirrels----They ate a hole in my Saturns gas line, then the Isuzu. Enough already--22 rifle, 7 dead squirrels, and I ate THEM. End of problem and a good meal to boot.
Yummmm...stewed squirrel with sour cream gravy...one of the best dinners I remember my Dad making when I was young!!
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mikebo
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I had them chew the propane line on my trailer and my gas grill. I was told to coat the rubber lines with hot sauce. It seemed to work or I was lucky.
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concord32
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If the line is not too long replace it with braided fuel line. Absolutely no way they will chew through that! Will cost some extra but will be one time fix!
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Minnie_Collector
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Thanks for all the tips and other stories on the squirrels; they definitely are a pain. Really looking for some more thoughts on fixing the fuel line. Good recommendations on the braided fuel line - will definitely check into that. Stim, thanks for the info on a repair - was wondering if that would hold up to get me to a dealer.
My biggest concern is getting this rig to a repair shop. It's parked beside my house, front end in, and I have a slight grade. Don't think I can start it to move it because of the amount of gas that pumps out. Hoping a tow truck can pull it out backwards ??? inorder to get in out to the street to hook it up.
I also know of a certified diesel mechanic, of 25 years, that I talked to down on the boat dock last month. He just started working on boats at the lake so maybe he would make a house call to come replace the fuel line. Don't know how insurance would handle a house call vs towing charges.
Anybody have any thoughts on whether a reg Ford dealer can work on this type of issue or will it need to go to a big rig Ford service center.
Can't wait for Monday to get here so I can get this taken of!!!!!
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okhmbldr
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Cut off a piece of the gas line (for sizing), take it to an auto parts store and get a piece of steel line that will fit inside of the gas line. (brake line material will work because it has some flexibility and you can bend it if needed). Get enough line and a few hose clamps for hook-up. Then remove as much of the rubber line as possible, and replace with the new steel line. You may want to double clamp each end for a little extra holding power. Then you can use zip ties to hold the line away from any hot surfaces. This can be used as a permanent fix and you will be on your way. Also, if you have access to a pipe flaring tool, just a little flare on each end of the steel line will keep it from ever slipping past the hose clamps.
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1fastdad
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First of all you probably can't get to it without dropping the tank. On the fuel injected engines this is a high presure fuel line and normal fuel line and clamps is not a good idea. The other thought is if they chewed the fuel line they probably chewed the electrical wiring too as they did in my case so don't start the engine untill you know the extent of the damage.I did my own repair but I had to buy the fuel lines from workhorse because they have aproved fitting on each end that snaps on the fuel pump and the fuel line. As far as prevention with help from my neibors,decon,antifreez and a pellet rifle there are fewer squirles wear I stay, By the way good strong smelling moth balls to work.
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melvonnar
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My solution:
went to walmart bought rat poison (squrrels love this stuff, looks like rabbit feed) put some on top of the engine in a paper plate. presto no squrrels.
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SquirrelBait
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Just a quick note on squirrels. My step father a former Marine took the ash bucket from by the fireplace filled it with walnuts and put it outside. Never had another squirrel problem.
If you prefer to hedge your bets without shooting them (in town...) the nuts can go into a live animal trap. Then drop em off in the woods or a state park where they belong.
Truth be told he discovered the solution the hard way. The nuts were inside the house and he had a habit of leaving the doors open all over the place may he RIP but the squirrels started out stealing the nuts from inside the house.
He never had an issue with them getting into his campers or the house when he put the nuts outside so we had squirrels about but none got into stuff like they do sometimes. They will run off with as big a nut as they can find too.
Now if it happens to be a squirrel or two around your house there is another approach my uncle took. He took to running a long extension cord out and wiring it to a collar on a tree or to a metal post such as his bird feeder lol. The cord ran into the house by his chair where he watched TV but could also watch for the squirrels.
Then he'd plug it in and with a bit of good timing you'd see how far a squirrel can jump. After a few good shocks he saw a lot less of them. Probably went and pestered the neighbors I suppose. He had a bit of electrical background but it's one way to dissuade squirrels whilst also getting some satisfaction in the process. Well Uncle Bob did anyways thought it was funny as can be.
I think he missed them after while because it was so funny.
If you rig up something like that though I'd suggest you just figure out which tree they are nesting in first or any other poles etc they frequent (clotheslines NOT power poles...).
Then just get you a tin skirt from the metal yard wire him up and find a chair and pretend like you're squirrel hunting I guess unless like Uncle Bob you have a lazy boy were you can keep an eye out.
They are rodents and as such they can learn not to do stuff with unpleasant side effects.
Of course a .22 or even a .17 or a pump BB/pellet gun will do it. I had one getting into stuff and shot him in the butt with a BB gun a few times until he moved on years back too but that wasn't in town.
If you are having issues with them in a RV storage thing you can't watch though try the bomb or maybe a trap if nothing else works and you can't shoot em. On your own property there's lots of ways to mess with squirrels. I seen where a couple kids built a giant sling shot with a spaghetti strainer on Youtube and liked to shoot a couple squirrels into the next county with it 
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