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I officially HATE mice

By ChanningD

8 years ago

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#1 8 years ago

CAD

ChanningD

Inactive member

Lincoln, NE

8y 18,650 71 6

Started on my Grand Lizard I picked up last November, finally. Working on the boards and waiting on parts so I thought let's look at the underside of the playfield closer. Probably 50 or more wires chewed though. Looking more at it, I found someone had twisted maybe 10 wires back together and on the main harness had started to solder and heat shrink 40 or more wires.

Lesson to be learned here. Check the machines closer before buying them.

#2 8 years ago

BIL

dothedoo

Pinside member

12y 106K 7,265

Does it look like........................THIS?!?!

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#3 8 years ago

CAD

ChanningD

Inactive member

Lincoln, NE

8y 18,650 71 6

Holy cow that's a lot of red wire. No. Mine does not look anything like that. Thank God.

#4 8 years ago

LAW

dung

Pinside member

12y 86,050 5,578 6 30

Getting a SF2 that has had rats/mice. It boots but dmd plug, speaker wires, and some fo the wiring on the backbox lightboard are chewed. Still have to wait till saturday to find out how bad the chewing is on the rest of it.

#5 8 years ago

FOO

Foo

Pinside member

12y 77,550 1,349

Quoted from dothedoo:
Does it look like........................THIS?!?!

Put that photo on a T-shirt with "I Fix Pinball Machines" underneath it and wear it to the next pinball show.

#6 8 years ago

JPD

Dayhuff

Pinside member

Battle Creek, MI

11y 126K 6,349 79 11

Or is it something like this ?

John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, Mi.
269-979-3836

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#7 8 years ago

BLY

MrBally

Pinside member

Paradise, NV

12y 141K 13,926 22 1

I hate meeses to pieces!

#8 8 years ago

CAD

ChanningD

Inactive member

Lincoln, NE

8y 18,650 71 6

Man you guys are making me feel better. Mine isn't even close to that. You really couldn't tell until the playfield was removed from the cabinet.

#9 8 years ago

RJP

Patofnaud

Pinside member

Tilton, NH

11y 67,150 3,621 7

Quoted from dothedoo:
Does it look like........................THIS?!?!

Hence the term,,, Rats Nest

#10 8 years ago

JON

JonH123

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9y 65,150 951

We have a severe mice problem since we live out in the country.
We use bounce dryer sheets in our vehicles and cinnamon tea bags in vehicle engines. We also spray liquid cinnamon on wires.
This seems to solve the mouse problem and I assume the same things could be used in pinball machines.

#11 8 years ago

DAD

Thermionic

Inactive member

8y 54,300 750

You haven't really lived until you've had a mouse nest and subsequently die in the cabin air filter housing in your car!

Fortunately the filthy little bastards have left my pins alone, but I can definitely empathize with with the horror show that confronted you.

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