>Your story reminds me of when I started up my first rebuild. I used a >muffler that had sat in our shed for 2 years. After the engine caught >I went back to tune it and discovered nesting material blown outall over >the garage. no baby mice, though they were found in later parts box rumaging. Before every flight, a pilot does a preflight inspection of his light plane. One place he ALWAYS checks, is to look carefully into the front nostrils on either side of the propellor, checking for... you guessed it... birds nests or rats nests. Those can ruin your whole day, as well as the bird's or rat's day. So, be heartened-- you're in good company. -Steve Maher smaher@gi.com '71 VW Transporter '66 Mustang Coupevertible '95 Wanna-Lancaire
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