While flying Blackhawk helicopters for the Army, I was in Egypt, in the desert and a pack rat got up in the ceiling and ate through a wide harness. He got something over a hundred wires. It took a team of electrical techs three weeks to get that helicopter able to just get back to the states for a rebuild. And it never was right afterwords. Makes shoots rats satisfying!
Bounce Scented Fabric Dryer Sheets We have lots of rodents on our ranch and we've found that Bounce Scented Fabric Dryer Sheets, tied and attached, in and around the engine bay, have all but eliminated the chewing issues. Cheep fix and doesn't stink up the vehicle like rat urine and such. Actually smells better than any other thing we tried. Great video and diagnostics!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Small town politics = fight with a packrat! LOL. I think I've seen 3 of your Packrat Series videos now. From Master Mechanic to Master Electrical Engineer. Beautiful day to work on wiring. Thanks for a great video, Warren!
@ 34:36 THANK YOU! About time someone said it correctly! "Wreaked Havoc"! I keep hearing "Caused Havoc", etc. You, my man, are a scholar! And I know you will fix this and it will be working like a Cat should. Better than new.
And people wonder why being a mechanic is such a struggle at times. Your video's show how difficult it can be to find a wiring problem and get it fixed.
Warren, and anyone else dealing with rodent issues, the trick is to use Honda rodent tape. Part number 4019-2317, it has capsaicin (from chili peppers) embedded in the glue. Stuff works great to wrap harness sections with after repair. I use it quite a bit myself.
I have several old barn buildings on my property that draw rats/mice. We keep them under control several ways. First, we encourage all the black snake, rat snake population that we can. One hungry black snake will wipe out a whole nest at a time. Second we put rat bait out. It can wipe out several colonies in one night. From what vet told me, the rat poison concentrates in the rats gut which makes it very unlikely to accidentally poison a pet. Even if they were to eat a sick rat the vet said a dose of vitamin K is the antidote for rat poison. Apparently rat poison simply causes a rat to bleed to death internally and vitamin K stops it. I put it out in areas where dogs, squirrels and other desirable critters cannot get to it. If it wasn’t for doing that we’d be overrun with them since most farmers are growing grains here that they thrive on.
@@prevost8686 Unfortunately there have been several mountain lion deaths in our area that have been attributed, according to necropsies, to several different rat poisons built up in the wild cats livers.
This is Larry! I'm putting in a hour of watch time!!!!! If I ever come your way I'm hoping I can go out on a call just to learn stuff!!!! Your a bad man!!!!! The best at this.hit u up later.
we had that problem in the garbage industry with rats . Apparently the plastic wire coating is made with vegetable oil and of course the rats love that and eat through to the wire which shorts out against the frame or other metal components . Many a truck i drove broke down and had to be towed back to the yard , then try and find the chewed wires .
Warren, I'd be buying a pack of rat baits and leaving them on the seat and adding the cost to the bill. Down here in South Australia we had a disastrous brush fire some years back that was found to have been started by trees shorting the powerlines. Since then the power network company has been required to trim back dangerous growth from areas around the lines and has crews patrolling year round to accomplish this. It ain't pretty to look at their handywork but it has been effective. Surely California can afford to do the same rather than shutting down the power in times of high winds. Even if the power company added a couple of bucks a year to the users bills it has to be cheaper than starting from scratch for those who lose everything in a brush fire. Cheers Eric
At least you don't have all the Cholla cactus that we do in southwest. It's bad enough repairing wiring, removing nests and smelling all the rat piss but all the Cholla cactus buds they pack in to stuff here in southern AZ is painful. It's everywhere and sticks in to everything!
I'd have blown the filth hole out before ripping and after ripping the floor and panels out. Then done the repairs, LOL. Your good entertainment while eating supper at 11 pm . Thanks Warren
Hey Boss! I like the video. I work up in AB canada on oil field equipment, 350 Chev’s driving hydraulic pump skids mostly, inside small shacks. I have fixed a ton of chewed wiring on them. I actually found a quick way to fix them without having to cut and splice all the time. Use Super 88 from 3M, and cut a piece of it off long enough to cover the damage. Make sure the wire is clean, lay it on the wire along its length carefully so its edge is inline with the wires center. Then slowly massage it on, while slowly working your way around it. If you master it, it can be indistinguishable from heat shrink. Ive gone back to units years later, and its still perfectly intact. One time I opened up a junction box, about 12” x 18” and no word of a lie it was literally half full of mouse crap. It was an older shack that had been left sitting in a farmers field for years. Nasty stuff.
@@justastudentoftheworld3940 I have dozens of mint plants. Rats and mice loved my chicken coop they couldn't care less about the mint plants. Once I got rid of the chickens and used a welding torch to pop some has in there, they left. Or died in the tunnels.
Greeting Warren, maybe the owner needs to park his equipment away for mouse infected area. I noticed you’re well diverse on the “Controller Area Network.” Excellent work. Enjoy your videos. Thanks!
I love watching hes videos to, i'm a heavy equipment mechanic, I want to meat wareen one Day, hes a good man and a good mechanic 🤝👍, greetings from Slovenia 🇸🇮. G. A.
i love at 2:40 you ask if its something stupid before you tear into it, ive done the opposite several times, started on what i thought was the problem without checking all the possible causes.
I think warren that the bloke was lucky it didn't burst in to flames , the damage what rats can do is unbelievable, i like how he the owner thought that you done it 👍
Let me see if I remember all the gizmos in a Cat Backhoe it’s been a while since I operated one ( 420D - 420E ) The D model is close to the one you are in, the 2 levers on the left are for outriggers ( obviously) the lever below that is to lock the boom during transport so it doesn’t bounce up and down ( helps reduce some hop going down the road ) there’s a pin that goes in also that stops possible sideways swing, right joy stick is a wheel for the extended boom, left joy stick is the horn button that red switch is the hydraulic lock out switch when it’s locked in theory if you bump the joysticks nothing will move. Now I don’t know if this one has a ride control switch in it but that’s a real nice feature because when it’s on there is no bounce at all when driving distances, another nice feature is the auto shift but you can also manually shift if you prefer. I also forgot there might be a switch in the front to use four wheel drive.
Hi Warren, I feel ya pain.. I had an old Landrover here in the UK, some bloody creature eat right through 27 wires, where they went through the bulkhead/firewall, not a job I want to fix gain in a hurry LOL..
Warren I don’t know if Cat does this but I know for a fact John Deere did... jd was using wires in there skid steers that was made from soy base material because of the hazards smell of plastic wire ..my buddy had a skid steer the rat just ate the hell out of the wiring it was quite a mess to say the least.. great video I hate wiring 💀💀
Powdered cayanne pepper generously sprinkled wherever you do not want those nasty rodents to go and set plenty of Tom Cat plastic snap traps in the cab, under the hood filled with either peanut butter or cheddar cheese if you can refill it it often. Leave the hood up and open 24/7 especially in the winter time since that is just about the only thing that will keep em out of a tractors engine compartment, once they go in there when you park the tractor after use in cold weather you will have a hell of a time keeping them out and at that point keeping the hood open is your best bet.
Hey Warren, thanks for sharing another great video. What a time consuming pile of shit job. But when the call one of the best they get their equipment fixed and fixed right. Take care have a great week.
Honda makes an electrical tape that has capastion in it, the shit that makes jalapenos hot, it works really good, it's like 33+ you can buy it on amazon.
all that wiring needs to be covered in some sort of Kevlar covering so the rats can only eat the wires near the plugs and switches etc my uncle had a 40 yr old car in a barn he wanted to get running again and the biggest problem was we had to rewire the whole thing but the up side was we took it from a 6 volt system to a 12 volt in the process and at least it was NOT computer controlled at all
Warren I know you can't go around and put poison out on the farms. But maybe make a system that they chew threw and get the sparky chair effect. 🙄 Like a coil and resistor switch.
14 Dislikes!.....Don't like Getting Their Hands Dirty....Nothing wrong with manual labor etc ....separates the Men from the Boys ....plus you fix something or for someone..its a rewarding pursuit and people will THANKYOU FOR IT AND THATS THE PRINCIPLE, I've got one arm but there's very little I can't do .....WHERE THERES A WILL!....THERES A WAY!....Thanks WT&TRpr.....You watch and ...You learn !.
It's just part of working on machinery. It's also the engineering of the equipment. The new materials are not always as good as they think they are. Just remember this next time you take a bus, train or airplane. A simple rodent can mess it all up.
I will give you a shock warren.i bought a cluster a couple weeks back for a 06 Chevy pickup. The cluster was rebuilt.the Chevy dealer told me the core was $1,250 dollars.what you think about that one
I have been turning wrenches for 17 years. You’re the best mechanic I have ever seen. Keep the videos coming.
While flying Blackhawk helicopters for the Army, I was in Egypt, in the desert and a pack rat got up in the ceiling and ate through a wide harness. He got something over a hundred wires. It took a team of electrical techs three weeks to get that helicopter able to just get back to the states for a rebuild. And it never was right afterwords. Makes shoots rats satisfying!
Bounce Scented Fabric Dryer Sheets
We have lots of rodents on our ranch and we've found that Bounce Scented Fabric Dryer Sheets, tied and attached, in and around the engine bay, have all but eliminated the chewing issues. Cheep fix and doesn't stink up the vehicle like rat urine and such. Actually smells better than any other thing we tried.
Great video and diagnostics!!!
👍👍👍👍👍
Small town politics = fight with a packrat! LOL. I think I've seen 3 of your Packrat Series videos now. From Master Mechanic to Master Electrical Engineer. Beautiful day to work on wiring. Thanks for a great video, Warren!
@ 34:36 THANK YOU! About time someone said it correctly! "Wreaked Havoc"! I keep hearing "Caused Havoc", etc. You, my man, are a scholar! And I know you will fix this and it will be working like a Cat should. Better than new.
And people wonder why being a mechanic is such a struggle at times. Your video's show how difficult it can be to find a wiring problem and get it fixed.
Warren, and anyone else dealing with rodent issues, the trick is to use Honda rodent tape.
Part number 4019-2317, it has capsaicin (from chili peppers) embedded in the glue.
Stuff works great to wrap harness sections with after repair. I use it quite a bit myself.
Thanks for the tip I’m gonna look into that stuff
Just get a can of pepper spray and spray down all the wires.
I have several old barn buildings on my property that draw rats/mice. We keep them under control several ways. First, we encourage all the black snake, rat snake population that we can. One hungry black snake will wipe out a whole nest at a time. Second we put rat bait out. It can wipe out several colonies in one night. From what vet told me, the rat poison concentrates in the rats gut which makes it very unlikely to accidentally poison a pet. Even if they were to eat a sick rat the vet said a dose of vitamin K is the antidote for rat poison. Apparently rat poison simply causes a rat to bleed to death internally and vitamin K stops it. I put it out in areas where dogs, squirrels and other desirable critters cannot get to it. If it wasn’t for doing that we’d be overrun with them since most farmers are growing grains here that they thrive on.
@@prevost8686 Unfortunately there have been several mountain lion deaths in our area that have been attributed, according to necropsies, to several different rat poisons built up in the wild cats livers.
Like your recommendation
Examplery patience Warren !! I would have been swearing so much the cab would have caught fire !
This is Larry! I'm putting in a hour of watch time!!!!! If I ever come your way I'm hoping I can go out on a call just to learn stuff!!!! Your a bad man!!!!! The best at this.hit u up later.
Don't know how you do it. I hate working alone. You are real special guy.
love watching these been laid up for a year and all i can do is watch work
nice fix. i like the case over center lock and a 4 stick foot swing machine. they road better with the boom shifted forward
Great job Warren. Lots of patience needed on this 1.
man you never get any easy fixes do you great video be safe and God Bless ty
Cool breeze ,Warren your one tuff never give up guy ,honor to know real salt of the earth guy like you
Warren as usual another fine job.
Had similar problem on 9560rt but it was mice under floor mat. Took a while to find it. Good job Warren!
Great job warren that took some time them little rascal sure did chew everything up, thanks for taking us alone with you
I’ve came very familiar with those cat backhoes within the past 2 years but with the open cabs. Cool to see the minute differences between the two
we had that problem in the garbage industry with rats . Apparently the plastic wire coating is made with vegetable oil and of course the rats love that and eat through to the wire which shorts out against the frame or other metal components . Many a truck i drove broke down and had to be towed back to the yard , then try and find the chewed wires .
Warren,
I'd be buying a pack of rat baits and leaving them on the seat and adding the cost to the bill.
Down here in South Australia we had a disastrous brush fire some years back that was found to have been started by trees shorting the powerlines.
Since then the power network company has been required to trim back dangerous growth from areas around the lines and has crews patrolling year round to accomplish this. It ain't pretty to look at their handywork but it has been effective.
Surely California can afford to do the same rather than shutting down the power in times of high winds.
Even if the power company added a couple of bucks a year to the users bills it has to be cheaper than starting from scratch for those who lose everything in a brush fire.
Cheers Eric
At least you don't have all the Cholla cactus that we do in southwest. It's bad enough repairing wiring, removing nests and smelling all the rat piss but all the Cholla cactus buds they pack in to stuff here in southern AZ is painful. It's everywhere and sticks in to everything!
You gotta like the old iron without the plastic. Your a patient man,I would been cursing.
Hi
And it can be a hell of a job, I can see. You don't mess around,you do a osom job👍
I'd have blown the filth hole out before ripping and after ripping the floor and panels out. Then done the repairs, LOL. Your good entertainment while eating supper at 11 pm . Thanks Warren
Hey Boss!
I like the video. I work up in AB canada on oil field equipment, 350 Chev’s driving hydraulic pump skids mostly, inside small shacks. I have fixed a ton of chewed wiring on them. I actually found a quick way to fix them without having to cut and splice all the time. Use Super 88 from 3M, and cut a piece of it off long enough to cover the damage. Make sure the wire is clean, lay it on the wire along its length carefully so its edge is inline with the wires center. Then slowly massage it on, while slowly working your way around it. If you master it, it can be indistinguishable from heat shrink. Ive gone back to units years later, and its still perfectly intact. One time I opened up a junction box, about 12” x 18” and no word of a lie it was literally half full of mouse crap. It was an older shack that had been left sitting in a farmers field for years. Nasty stuff.
Your the man Warren, I learn a lot from you.
MR. FIX-ALL INC. You're*
Excellent video, can learn heaps watching these, thanks!
Yup 👍, i'm a huge fan of hes videos.
Same here mate,I'm a gardener handyman always banging myself up and then forgetting how the hell I did it unless it's a major bang !!
Damm good diagnosis another great video Warren thanks
Damn fine work young man! 👍
Hi again from northern part of norway.
Trouble shutting videos are funn to watch👍👋
Unplugged the infernal beeper. Thank you, thank you,thank you.
engineers design things like no one are ever going to have to work on it
I agree with you on the boom lock. The case lock is just annoying and the cat and John Deere lock is just so much better
Man I wanna shopvac that floor so bad!
TY Good Tech. Work Hope Your Hand Gets Well & Duke is ok Too
I think this guy is a pretty good guy and very patient.
Spray peppermint oil on everything and it will keep the rats away for a few months . I live in Arizona and it works good on my stuff.
Any mint works, plant it around your house to keep the mice away.
@@justastudentoftheworld3940 I have dozens of mint plants. Rats and mice loved my chicken coop they couldn't care less about the mint plants. Once I got rid of the chickens and used a welding torch to pop some has in there, they left. Or died in the tunnels.
Brave mouse living in a Cat.
Yes, sir!
Not a mouse but a big RAT guaranteed!
Greeting Warren, maybe the owner needs to park his equipment away for mouse infected area. I noticed you’re well diverse on the “Controller Area Network.” Excellent work. Enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Find the beeper and...Thank You. :-) You are so good!!
Warren great job... watching from Newfoundland Canada. Love the videos. Like to have you at our shop. Take care man. Keep up the great work.
Pat.
I love watching hes videos to, i'm a heavy equipment mechanic, I want to meat wareen one Day, hes a good man and a good mechanic 🤝👍, greetings from Slovenia 🇸🇮.
G. A.
Working on cat machine requires alot of patience and temper im dealing with it every day
I'm a heavy equipment mechanic
i love at 2:40 you ask if its something stupid before you tear into it, ive done the opposite several times, started on what i thought was the problem without checking all the possible causes.
Ah, the joys of dealing with sun-baked plastics to repair critter damage.
Great troubleshooting.
I think warren that the bloke was lucky it didn't burst in to flames , the damage what rats can do is unbelievable, i like how he the owner thought that you done it 👍
Let me see if I remember all the gizmos in a Cat Backhoe it’s been a while since I operated one ( 420D - 420E ) The D model is close to the one you are in, the 2 levers on the left are for outriggers ( obviously) the lever below that is to lock the boom during transport so it doesn’t bounce up and down ( helps reduce some hop going down the road ) there’s a pin that goes in also that stops possible sideways swing, right joy stick is a wheel for the extended boom, left joy stick is the horn button that red switch is the hydraulic lock out switch when it’s locked in theory if you bump the joysticks nothing will move. Now I don’t know if this one has a ride control switch in it but that’s a real nice feature because when it’s on there is no bounce at all when driving distances, another nice feature is the auto shift but you can also manually shift if you prefer. I also forgot there might be a switch in the front to use four wheel drive.
Great Job Warren
Hi Warren, I feel ya pain.. I had an old Landrover here in the UK, some bloody creature eat right through 27 wires, where they went through the bulkhead/firewall, not a job I want to fix gain in a hurry LOL..
Nasty job that one Warren. I admire your perseverance. Trouble is I suppose there’s no reason why a rat couldn’t get back in and do it again!!!!!!!!
The rat works for Warren. That's where he gets half his business 😂 😂 😂
Thank God the beep was done with. Lol
Heads up Warren - I think I saw the little critter head for your service truck went you opened the door on the backhoe?
Yikes!!!!!
The stuff the make the wire coating out of is made from soybean is what i got told at a deere school, i use stuff called cab fresh it works ok
I just put an engine harness on a 420d and I feel your pain. Definitely one of my least favorite machines to work on 😂
Warren I don’t know if Cat does this but I know for a fact John Deere did... jd was using wires in there skid steers that was made from soy base material because of the hazards smell of plastic wire ..my buddy had a skid steer the rat just ate the hell out of the wiring it was quite a mess to say the least.. great video I hate wiring 💀💀
This happened to my friend's Porsche a little bit of soldering and reconnecting wires and some shrink tubing
Powdered cayanne pepper generously sprinkled wherever you do not want those nasty rodents to go and set plenty of Tom Cat plastic snap traps in the cab, under the hood filled with either peanut butter or cheddar cheese if you can refill it it often. Leave the hood up and open 24/7 especially in the winter time since that is just about the only thing that will keep em out of a tractors engine compartment, once they go in there when you park the tractor after use in cold weather you will have a hell of a time keeping them out and at that point keeping the hood open is your best bet.
Good job
A Halton Cat sticker... i just aged my self.
Even though the equipment works in dirt. Cleaning makes a difference...
Hey Warren, thanks for sharing another great video. What a time consuming pile of shit job. But when the call one of the best they get their equipment fixed and fixed right. Take care have a great week.
thank you
Honda makes an electrical tape that has capastion in it, the shit that makes jalapenos hot, it works really good, it's like 33+ you can buy it on amazon.
all that wiring needs to be covered in some sort of Kevlar covering so the rats can only eat the wires near the plugs and switches etc my uncle had a 40 yr old car in a barn he wanted to get running again and the biggest problem was we had to rewire the whole thing but the up side was we took it from a 6 volt system to a 12 volt in the process and at least it was NOT computer controlled at all
Warren
I know you can't go around and put poison out on the farms. But maybe make a system that they chew threw and get the sparky chair effect. 🙄
Like a coil and resistor switch.
Steel wool they don't like that either
Start killin rats in your tractors that thing is gonna stink like hell after a while lol
I had similar symptoms you had , only with a forklift. Nothing would work. It was the bloody seat belt not on.
With as many wires shorting out the chance of catching on fire i imagine would be pretty high!
Just curious as to where you get all your service information
Awesome work. Next? Take a number, please.
If a owner balks at his bill you got video proof , smart .
Mouse urine very effective control board de-solder tool.
Honda sells flaming hot 🌶 electric tape for the special rodents that chew on wiring harnesses.
Thanks for the video. Get your self a battery operated leaf blower for that dirt .🤣
What’s up? I like your videos. When you gonna do video on your 6.0 powerstroke with the blown head gasket? I would to see an update on that.
Sometime this winter.
14 Dislikes!.....Don't like Getting Their Hands Dirty....Nothing wrong with manual labor etc ....separates the Men from the Boys ....plus you fix something or for someone..its a rewarding pursuit and people will THANKYOU FOR IT AND THATS THE PRINCIPLE, I've got one arm but there's very little I can't do .....WHERE THERES A WILL!....THERES A WAY!....Thanks WT&TRpr.....You watch and ...You learn !.
Where are you getting your digital repair manuals from?
If the red light is on for your lock out switch it means hydraulics are locked
Coating wires with peanut oil should be a crime. My 420 was destroyed by rats
It's just part of working on machinery. It's also the engineering of the equipment. The new materials are not always as good as they think they are.
Just remember this next time you take a bus, train or airplane. A simple rodent can mess it all up.
At least it’s a beautiful day
re the hand... probably something to do with man-handling that huge clutch on the Peterbilt?
I will give you a shock warren.i bought a cluster a couple weeks back for a 06 Chevy pickup. The cluster was rebuilt.the Chevy dealer told me the core was $1,250 dollars.what you think about that one
Pack rats seem like the best way to burn down a vehicle if not caught. Don't think there's a more destructive animal out there
Enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing. By the way, haven't seen your Milwaukee 3/8 ratchet in your videos. Did it break or something?
Yes, I broke it.
I had the same with my hand. I guess its tendon trouble
Hey am having a broblem with mi backhoe 420D CAT when its off i press the brake ah the dash lights turn on ???
i could just see me at 260 lbs trying to squeeze into the space you work on....not a chance...
Those consoles are a pain, I had my Deere apart...
Is this the same backhoe that you just did a forward/reverse lever switch on??
Yes it is, I thought I mentioned that.
Wow and I thought a Case 580 K was hard to get the console apart
Hello, i have the simular problem, mine burns the p14 in the fuse box I don’t know why so anyone any ideas
Could do with a new windscreen for it as well... that's a mess...
Screw driver in back pocket ,bad idea. Seat wrecker ask me how I know. 😭
X2
Pencils work good too.
Okay. How do you know?
@@buckhorncortez He wrecked his seat by sitting in it and working on something with a screwdriver in his back pocket. Tore it all up.
yes.... Ben there Dunn that..Screw in back pocket ...= $$$$$
I'm just about done watching you fix this mess Warren. F***k them critters!
I've heard fabric softener sheets keeps mice away apparentley
matty d doesn’t work on mice or rats. At least it didn’t for me. Tractor cab smelled laundry fresh for a few days though.
i use jumpers tooand service manuals
dam that was hard job dam rats ...
the owner needs to tell the staff keep
it all clean and closed up or wage reduction...
good job m8
john uk
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I wonder if an owner could paint cayenne pepper over all the wires to keep the rodents from chewing them.
Damn that beeper is loud
I had one and the beeper doubles as a low oil pressure high temp beeper but yes it’s freakin annoying
OZ. I guess it's a good thing then lol!
Scott Bourdon yea I unplugged mine , those came with a 4 cylinder Perkins didn’t really worry about it breaking damn good motor.
I don't know to much about perkins engine's. So you had good luck with yours?
Scott Bourdon yes great motor turbo good bottom end power would start in 30 degree weather without plugs usually ran wot never had touch it.