One very good reason to own a cat

[Porsche Monkey]

holy jebus.

100 hours in labor.

that is awesome..

best I ever got was 24 hours for a A4Q with some serious engine damage.

I was waiting for you to chime in.  This also includes repairing the engine harness.

[fastwin]

I have a 750 GSXR at my farm in east TX and this is why I keep it in the barn surrounded by a moat of mice/rat death food! No shit I have probably 20 different baits traps around the bike. It's locked down and covered with a Dowco Bike cover but the rodent issue is what has always worried me. I re-fresh the bait traps regularly and I always like seeing dead rodents in the barn knowing they have "enjoyed" the feast. Knock on wood, I have never had a critter chew up anything to this date. Not the bike, the big tractor or the yard mowing tractor. I know what they are capable of and my evil defense plan has worked for years. Hope it still does!!

[Duck-Stew]

If Mr. I's offer stands, I say we put some down-draft carbs on it and just go boogie!  Besides, why bother the AC with a convertible! 

Damn...I guess that insurance adjuster is downing the antacid's like they're going out of style...   

[ducpainter]

Wish I could get $16.5K for a 100 hour job.

How much in parts?

[TiNi]

besides getting a cat, what can i do to prevent this sort of thing?

i live in the country, and have had chipmunks in the engine compartment of my old 01 A4Q.
i think they were chippy's because a mouse could not carry 15 acorns... or could they?

they ate a hole in the fabric padding on the underside of the hood, and stuffed leaves into the holes.

i just got rid of that car, and got an 07 A4Q, and now i'm worried 

[ducpainter]

mothballs under the hood

[acalles]

mothballs under the hood

doesn't work. maybe on things like chip monks but not mice or rats.

theres a f'n pack rat epidemic here (well, its not that bad, but theres a lot of them). some one moved here and brought these big nasty rats (Not native)

they are the harbinger of destruction. they carry cactus to help protect their nest and they make huge nest under the hood and eat all the wires in no time. I've seen them destroy a harness over night. I've also seen them litteraly eat the sock the customer had the moth balls in.

some say coyote piss works well.. http://www.predatorpee.com/

when the ate my moms Audi we took a chain saw to the shrubs she used to park by and made sure there wasn't a place for them to hide within 20' of the car. they stopped getting in it.

as far as cats, out here cats are just bait for yote's, hawks, owls, bob cats and mountian lions. :/ our cat has to stay in side and I won't even leave the dog out side over night.

not to mention, immagine kitty sharpeing its claws on the nice roof of that car.. then running down the hood.

[MendoDave]

besides getting a cat, what can i do to prevent this sort of thing?

i live in the country, and have had chipmunks in the engine compartment of my old 01 A4Q.
i think they were chippy's because a mouse could not carry 15 acorns... or could they?

they ate a hole in the fabric padding on the underside of the hood, and stuffed leaves into the holes.

i just got rid of that car, and got an 07 A4Q, and now i'm worried 

Yea probably Chippys but Mice will bring in acorn size objects Like dog food, one at a time until there is a huge pile for them to eat.

I had had wood rats chew up insulation & wires on several of my cars. They pissed on the computer of the 325I and ruined that once.

Ruined a wireharness in the mercedes at a cost of thousands. chewed up stuff in the trunk of the chrysler. Built nests in the airbox of the dodge a few times.  And did some stuff I forgot about.

I quit parking the cars over by the wax myrtle some time ago and let them live in the wood pile. The dogs like to go over to the wood pile and see whats happening.

With the new parking arrangements I have had little trouble out of them.

[Porsche Monkey]

Wish I could get $16.5K for a 100 hour job.

How much in parts?

The 16.5k was the original estimate.  This doesn't include the supplement I'm going to need to drop the tank and replace the evap lines.  The price for the rear body harness was somewhere around $2600, then there was some smaller stuff like O2 sensors and the airbox that got eaten.  I quoted 80 hours to replace the body harness including dash removal, cabrio top and pop up rollbars had to come out along with everything else from the dash back.  The other 20 hours is to R&R the engine, repair the engine harness, and replace the sound deadening.  I work very efficiently and there is a reason I am the one who got this car but this job is already turning into a loser on me.  

[Duck-Stew]

Gallon of Kerosene:  $4

Bic lighter:             $0.99

Getting rid of your frustrations:  Priceless!

[ducpainter]

The 16.5k was the original estimate.  This doesn't include the supplement I'm going to need to drop the tank and replace the evap lines.  The price for the rear body harness was somewhere around $2600, then there was some smaller stuff like O2 sensors and the airbox that got eaten.  I quoted 80 hours to replace the body harness including dash removal, cabrio top and pop up rollbars had to come out along with everything else from the dash back.  The other 20 hours is to R&R the engine, repair the engine harness, and replace the sound deadening.  I work very efficiently and there is a reason I am the one who got this car but this job is already turning into a loser on me.  

I obviously need to raise my labor rate.

[Porsche Monkey]

I obviously need to raise my labor rate.

Ours is $125. Its going up to $135 next month.  Wish that meant more money for me but it doesn't. 

[ducpainter]

Ours is $125. Its going up to $135 next month.  Wish that meant more money for me but it doesn't. 

So...

you're getting...? ? ?

[Slide Panda]

The original was 16.5k... what's it up to now with the added work? How much is that car even worth?

[Porsche Monkey]

So...

you're getting...? ? ?

Not even close to that