Chewed wire loom and ad blue pipe
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What is it VW sell for 15?
Is like to see it.
Is like to see it.
I can understand your dismay. I too have the occasional problem with rodents. Mostly they tend to sit and eat their spoils on top of the starter battery. Perhaps even nestle down in its duvet like comfort. I had wondered what the potential might be for serious damage but so far so good. I wonder what their £15 contraption might be, A spring trap or a little fellow with a large lump hammer. Perhaps its a sonic annoyance of some sort like modern pop music. I am very sorry though to hear of your expensive misfortune. Modern vehicles are probably very susceptible to this sort of thing.
Would an engine tray help or just provide a nice bed for the bastards?
So would I. For £15.00 you would have thought that would be installed on assembly line not as an extra.
The specific problem with the AdBlue area is the urea in the fluid attracts rodents. It's worth being hyper careful filling up - I no longer do it on the drive just in case - and making sure there are no leaks.
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Every day is a schoolday. I shall next fill mine up on my BiL's driveway, because he's a twit.
Had mine chewed 3 times. Vw quoted the max every time. New sensors. Cables etc. One instance was a chewed nox sensor cable. Vw said it couldn't be repaired as gas/air flows through one of the wires. Total BS! Around 1k for new sensor. Watched an auto electrician repair it. Guess what? No gas/air wire.
Doesn't the gas pass through the sensor itself (putting it as simple as possible ), creating a microvoltage signal?
Is that why the feared sheep here keep trying to shag my vehicle? Dirty little devils.
Yes it would pass through the sensor, but they said it passes through one of the wires that was chewed and couldn't be repaired.
After 2 vicious fox attacks, I’ve designed this which seems to work.
T6.1 Fox Guard | eBay UK
The VW transporter is far too often targeted by foxes who love to chew the wiring underneath the van, leaving you with a bill between £900 and £1200. Having had this happen twice to my van, I’ve designed this guard to prevent foxes access to the main wiring loom and the majority of exhaust...
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Suspect my issue is rats. I’ve wrapped the NoX sensor and adblu pipes in rodent mesh fixed with metal cable ties but still happening!After 2 vicious fox attacks, I’ve designed this which seems to work.
T6.1 Fox Guard | eBay UK
The VW transporter is far too often targeted by foxes who love to chew the wiring underneath the van, leaving you with a bill between £900 and £1200. Having had this happen twice to my van, I’ve designed this guard to prevent foxes access to the main wiring loom and the majority of exhaust...ebay.us
Do you think your defenders would keep rodents out?
Morning Tim.
Due to the shape underneath the vehicle, the massive entry that foxes use to access the wiring, was relatively easy to design a shape to block.
Although this would help against larger vermin, there are so many access points into the under vehicle spaces, that I couldn’t guarantee it would prevent vermin.
It would certainly act as a decent foundation though. If you wanted to attach chicken wire or similar to the edges to make a tighter seal to prevent vermin.
Sorry I couldn’t be more help.
Due to the shape underneath the vehicle, the massive entry that foxes use to access the wiring, was relatively easy to design a shape to block.
Although this would help against larger vermin, there are so many access points into the under vehicle spaces, that I couldn’t guarantee it would prevent vermin.
It would certainly act as a decent foundation though. If you wanted to attach chicken wire or similar to the edges to make a tighter seal to prevent vermin.
Sorry I couldn’t be more help.
Looks interesting.After 2 vicious fox attacks, I’ve designed this which seems to work.
T6.1 Fox Guard | eBay UK
The VW transporter is far too often targeted by foxes who love to chew the wiring underneath the van, leaving you with a bill between £900 and £1200. Having had this happen twice to my van, I’ve designed this guard to prevent foxes access to the main wiring loom and the majority of exhaust...ebay.us
As an aside, eBay whacking their profit onto the selling price makes all the prices look odd (£26.68 with £3.38 postage in this case) and as a seller I’m not even sure you see what they take the item price up to. I find it more confusing these days.
Also makes me wonder if they are or will be using personalised pricing that is happening across the internet and even in bricks and mortar stores more and more? Pricing based on one’s online data, postcode, even the device you are using.
Totally agree. I use them for buying and selling but the costs they add on top aren’t visible to me as a seller anymore, until you see what the buyer paid, and are just extortionate.EBay’s pricing structure is now ridiculous. I’ve advertised it at a cost of £25. Postage is £3.35 which is what it costs me. Looks like they add to item and postage.
I don’t like the idea of personalised pricing - it seems very unfair.
I don’t think buyers realise the seller doesn’t get a say in the final prices. Even previously I’d get comments about postage being expensive yet it was costing me a few pence more than I got after eBay took their cut.
And like you say, now it is totally open to personalised pricing - many retailers are trying to slip this in. They look at all the data gathered on you and work out what they think you are willing to pay, which means you might pay more or less than your neighbour. In the US supermarkets were doing this based on facial recognition. It’s crazy the tools supermarkets use to track you around the store, your dwell times, where your eyes look on the shelves etc.
If you don't want to use ebay's mandatory Simpleton Delivery there are a couple of workarounds that will enable you to choose your own postage to suit you. I devised them as they stopped me from using Royal Mail Special Delivery that I used for my heaters. ( Even ebay's customer service were advising people to use them!)
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The buyers fee is just a money-grabbing exercise that only benefits ebay!
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how do you list anything bigger than 61cm?
Ebay is now forcing me into SD with no custom delivery option The largest postage offered under SD is 61cm There seems to be no way to list anything over 61cm and get the correct postage, even if you declare the dimensions in the listing height, width etc anyone figured out what to do or...
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Haven't had much time on this yet but first attempts with this new listing format today is like this to get back to your own carrier who will take your large/small items, (preview works, not tested with listing): Still start with over £750 - £800 is easy enough. Weight - go to 40Kg as this...
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I confess that I wasn't particularly bothered each year when the customary new brood of fox cubs dug up the wifes onion sets and chewed odds and ends in the garden.
Then, a few weeks back, a warning came up about the oil level sensor. One of the cute little bastards chewed through the loom to the oil level sensor. Badly damaged, it got replaced.
All well and good, but 3 weeks later, guess what...
Same again. The loom was shredded.
Another £130 bill, but this time should be the last.
I bought a roll od stainless steel woven strip off ebay and had the workshop shroud the loom with it, tied in place with cable-ties. Along with a liberal spray of unpalatable chewing deterrent from the local pet shop, I'm hopeful.
The mesh is available in various widths. I chose 50mm.
I'm wondering where else I should apply it...
Then, a few weeks back, a warning came up about the oil level sensor. One of the cute little bastards chewed through the loom to the oil level sensor. Badly damaged, it got replaced.
All well and good, but 3 weeks later, guess what...
Same again. The loom was shredded.
Another £130 bill, but this time should be the last.
I bought a roll od stainless steel woven strip off ebay and had the workshop shroud the loom with it, tied in place with cable-ties. Along with a liberal spray of unpalatable chewing deterrent from the local pet shop, I'm hopeful.
The mesh is available in various widths. I chose 50mm.
I'm wondering where else I should apply it...
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