Chestnuts roasting in a Yamaha engine........

[Tommy the Greek]

Hello everyone,
Has anyone experienced this? Only 6 days away from Christmas, and there were chestnuts roasting in my Yamaha engine instead over an open fire!

Well, let me explain....because my w-pump was leaking and making a bearing noise my friend and I decided to change it today. The change also included a new t-belt and crank seal. Well when we got off the lower t-belt cover a whole lot of chestnuts came out my engine! Apparently a squirel loves my SHO and decided to put all of his "nuts" in my engine. I am talking a good pound of them. Anyway, thank goodness the t-belt did not skip. I would've been very upset if it did.
We cleaned it all out and also found a furball while we were in there.
At the end of the day we put everything back together and now the car runs GREAT!

Parts used:
Water Pump:
F3DZ-8501-A
Front Crank Seal:
E9DZ-6700-B
ATX Timing Belt:
F3DZ-6268-A
Chestnuts:
???????????

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'95 SHO ATX, 55W foglights, coneless, fishtank mod, white/mocha cloth interior, 46K, Mobil 1 10W-30, build date 12/13/94.
Below is a pic of her @ 37K miles (July 2001), overlooking the Long Island sound off Orient point, NY.

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AIM: kalamos73

[This message has been edited by Tommy the Greek (edited 12-19-2001).]

 

[94shoboy]

that actualy happens to me more times then you would think. not like that though, i usually keep my hood open during the day when i am not driving my car, mostly because i am always working on it or cleaning it. but i have a chestnut tree next to my driveway.

 

[fredhurderjr]

We pulled a good size mouse nest out of Heather's car this weekend. Doesn't surprise me!

 

[slosho]

Hey Tommy, how come your water pump failed with so little miles on your car?

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95' ATX Silver Frost
Cone Filter W/ heat shield
TB coolant Bypass
Bypassed a few "PCV" lines
Lighting mods
Convinience mods
More to come.

 

[94shoboy]

because it said "ford" on it

 

[thebetterman]

the guy who had the car before me actually had to clean dog food out of the air filter where some mice had dragged it in.

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1992 Silver MTX
Completely Stock

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[drivinhard]

I've pulled at least 10 or 12 nests from SHO engines. They like to nest behind the water pump, on the block in the "V" between the heads.

When I broke the 89 at the track back in the summer, I pulled it apart to repair, and found a nest in there. I had just put the 3.2L in a few months before. Might be the first mouse to clear 12.90 in the 1/4 mile

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White 92
SR71SHO - racer '89

 

[centaurus3200]

so, what is the latest with heather's car fred?

 

[RStalveyARFF]

Originally posted by fredhurderjr:
We pulled a good size mouse nest out of Heather's car this weekend. Doesn't surprise me!

Dead or alive?

With my old saab the chipmonks used to love making nests in that thing, right near the heater core.

 

[SHOTIME]

Ive never had the intake off a SHO and NOT found a nest the first time

BTW, I had heathers car all day today, Engine runs well, Few other little quirks with the car.
But the swap went well.

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Eric
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http://people.ne.mediaone.net/billebobob/index.html

 

[Tommy the Greek]

Originally posted by slosho:
Hey Tommy, how come your water pump failed with so little miles on your car?

I really don't know why it started to leak, and also the bearing was making noise. The car is all original and the previous owner only drove the car maybe once a week. When I bought it in July '00 it only had 21K on it.
I figured I'd be up in the 80-90K range when I would need a w-pump, but I guess not. Oh well, I still love her!




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'95 SHO ATX, 55W foglights, coneless, fishtank mod, white/mocha cloth interior, 46K, Mobil 1 10W-30, build date 12/13/94.
Below is a pic of her @ 37K miles (July 2001), overlooking the Long Island sound off Orient point, NY.

www.roushind.com
AIM: kalamos73

 

[jthomas68]

When i helped Jason(blast7)do his CPS,i found a mouse nest too.Yup,right by the water pump.Mine was clean when i did it

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Jeremy Thomas
Juiced 91+
SHO Pic Of The Week:

 

[centaurus3200]

eric,

you replaced the engine in heather's car or the heads. sorry, i've not kept up on the subject.

man, you are one nice guy.

 

[SHOTIME]

Myself, Fred, Rickie, Mans442(Jason), RCadell(Randy)all helped swap the heads on heathers car.

She bought a set of 34K heads and we installed them in the car.

Engine runs decent now.. Strong.

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Eric
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http://people.ne.mediaone.net/billebobob/index.html