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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 11-22-2022, 12:06 AM

We got packrats here in AZ. They just love to chew on wiring.
I heard a sugary color laced emulsion, similar to M&Ms candy coating is used to color code wiring.
The old school petrochemical dyes are not environmentally correct.
Asian cars have it much worse. Hondas especially had such a problem, that they sell ''Rodent Tape.'' Just like a regular roll of 3M E tape, but it has a printed rat picture with a X over it, every 6''. And it's laced with Capsicum. It's only $60 a roll.

11-22-2022, 12:06 AM	#6
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,622	Re: What in the world would cause an Alternator wire to be missing? We got packrats here in AZ. They just love to chew on wiring. I heard a sugary color laced emulsion, similar to M&Ms candy coating is used to color code wiring. The old school petrochemical dyes are not environmentally correct. Asian cars have it much worse. Hondas especially had such a problem, that they sell ''Rodent Tape.'' Just like a regular roll of 3M E tape, but it has a printed rat picture with a X over it, every 6''. And it's laced with Capsicum. It's only $60 a roll. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.