Attn: Squirrelman...

This just happened to my brother-in-law. Guess it was a rogue squirrel!

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So here I am, driving home last night, doing about 60-ish, approaching downtown on the interstate. I slow down a little for traffic, then I let off the gas to slow down to 45-ish to change lanes. The Trac wouldn't slow down, so i looked to see if the speed control was on, it wasn't. I put on the brake, and the engine is still pulling. I put the trac in neutral, and the engine revs up high. Right about now, I'm thinking that wow, my throttle cable broke.... my tps is bad... i have a vacuum leak... trac is going to blow up... I'm gonna crash... All of this came into my head in about 4 seconds. I shut off the trac while in neutral at 35 mph, and restarted it, same thing. Now, I did find out that the rev limiter that keeps the engine from going over 3000 rpms in park does not work while in neutral... It revved up past 5000 rpm. I then shifted to neutral and shut the engine off and rolled to the exit, made the light at the bottom of the ramp and into a parking lot using "armstrong" steering and brakes. Opened the hood to inspect the throttle, reached under the engine cover to snap the throttle. when it snapped back, I heard this crunch sound. I lifted up the engine cover to see what the noise was, and a squirrel left a hickory nut in there that must have rolled down between the throttle cam and the stop, thus keeping the throttle from closing... Cleaned it out, and runs normally now.... I can't take too many more of these.

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Hahaha this classic :rofl:
You need to move west knife......or closer to me cause those little creatures are distinct in my hood.

 

I always knew it was good to bust a nut.

 

I know people think that most VFR owners are NUTS, but really..............

Way too funny.

 

Now that's a nutty story...................................

 

Good thing you didn't panic!!

 

Thanks for that interesting, but potentially dangerous story !! I love hearing about people's squirrel encounters and observations, and i'm working on my masters thesis, "Language modes and gestural clues in squirrel-to-squirrel and squirrel-to-man communication in the Sciurus carolinensis."

 

Translation. Squirrel man is really Sith Lord Sciurus

 

After watching many survival shows on Discovery Channel I would now like to snare trap and eat a squirrel.

Rollin