Tomorrow we’re planning to swap a working engine into our 1962 Land Rover. Its been sitting in the driveway since February, when we discovered the engine was shot. We’ve had a blue junker, with a good engine, in the driveway for almost that long planning to make this swap.

In the meantime, some rats have set up shop in the Orange Land Rover. We discovered this some time ago and I set some traps and caught two big rats. One in the Landy and one in the carport.

Our friend and Land Rover Guru, Dave Walworth, suggested I remove the front floor boards from the Orange Rover so we can get at the bolts that hold the transmission to the engine we want to remove tomorrow. I’ve already done a few preparatory things like swap the oil pans and loosen the bolts on the front panel that holds the radiator so we can remove it to make the engine more accessible.

This afternoon I took a look at the floor board situation and realized I needed to clean up some of the evidence of rat habitation first. Behind the front seats I found all sorts of debris the rats had hauled in - plastic bags, a strip of rag, bunch of mango seeds, shredded paper bag, an outboard engine fuel hose clip (still in package!), a disemboweled toad and something that looked like a rat tail… eeeewww. Turns out there were two tails of rat, one foot, and three disembodied rat faces! These rodents were practicing some kind of Satanic Rat Rituals in my Land Rover!

So I’m short of a few Land Rover parts (see Reggie’s Blog for details), but have some spare rat parts if anyone has a need…

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