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Old Feb 21, 2026 | 09:01 PM
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There were full pieces of leaves piled in that area that I would not expect a mouse to have carried up there, I have witnessed squirrels carrying full size corn cobs, stripped down across the yard and leave them laying around. I really don't think mice are the problem, its a larger animal.
Solve the squirrel problem with a shotgun. Also, good eating. ha-ha.
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Old Feb 21, 2026 | 09:07 PM
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Too bad village doesn't even allow me to use my Diana Model 34 pellet gun within the village.
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Old Feb 21, 2026 | 09:47 PM
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This is a pdf catalog of motorcraft pigtails. All wires coming off of plugs are either black or green and are a larger gauge than the factory wires. Have used a few of these pigtails over the years with success. Highly doubt you will find pigtails with the exact wire color as the factory harness unless you purchase the whole harness from Ford and chop it up.

http://www.motorcraft.com/content/da...-Book-2016.pdf
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Old Feb 21, 2026 | 10:12 PM
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And all the pins in the pigtails will have a wire coming from it where the plug on the factory might not use all the pin positions. You then could either safe end wire in plastic split loom or remove pin on pigtail to match factory plug. That is if you decide to DIY. If the do use your insurance don't be surprised if there is a replacement pigtail the insurance would want shop to use that. Once you drive truck off lot the insurance co. considers it used no matter how few miles you have on it.
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Old Feb 21, 2026 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Madcap57
Too bad village doesn't even allow me to use my Diana Model 34 pellet gun within the village.
US Army Vet, '92-'01, 2nd Battalion 37th Armor, 3rd Infantry Div.
What the village don't know, won't hurt them! LOL! I shoot between 45-55 squirrels every year since they chewed into the soffit of my new garage and chewed up my boat wiring. I have my neighbors blessings. and my dog loves eating squirrels.
And Thank you for your service!
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Old Feb 21, 2026 | 10:40 PM
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A couple years ago, I had probably 15-20 squirrels just around my house, and I did have an issue with them chewing wires on a previous truck. I had a live trap and just threw in a couple peanuts for bait, and trapped a bunch of them and relocated to big woods. Problem solved then.
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Old Feb 21, 2026 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Madcap57
Too bad village doesn't even allow me to use my Diana Model 34 pellet gun within the village.
US Army Vet, '92-'01, 2nd Battalion 37th Armor, 3rd Infantry Div.
Welcome home.
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Old Feb 22, 2026 | 08:22 AM
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Problem solved. And he'll be a patriot.
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Old Feb 22, 2026 | 10:00 AM
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You want to fix your squrl problem grab a electric rat trap online. Had a major problem with them years ago, after the first 2 got nailed they slowly stopped coming onto my property and destroying things. Over a few months i probably trapped about 20 and now several years later the little buggers will not even come onto my property
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Old Feb 22, 2026 | 02:48 PM
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This actually might not be as bad a repair as I thought, I think everything that was chewed is part of this harness.
https://www.ford.com/product/battery...ss-p4000037054
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