Rat Urine

[Joe In Montana]

Picked up a 96 C1500 GMC Yukon, red, 5.7 Vortec, 700R, great paint, super straight bod and 16" Jackman (?) rims including the spare.

$300.00 Yup.

The trouble: blown engine - so said the owner - partially torn down until they couldn't figure out how to remove the thermofan -and they parked it in a field for 9 years --- and get this part: with all the windows open--- in Montana --- with snow, rain, woodland creatures and pine cones blowing through it.

The REAL PROBLEM was the intake gaskets had slipped and the inner cylinders were sucking air.

To date: got a new Crate 5.7 V (Jegs), new update MPFI to MSI Conversion Spider, all the other necessary stuff -

BTW, the fan clutch and transmission was new/rebuilt at the time they parked it.

The fuel pump was DOA and was replaced w/new a filter.

The BIG problem: all the little woodland animals thought it was their personal condominium and prolly sent a few generations of woodland babies to college from that residence. Unfortunately, woodland beasties like to urinate on, in, all over, through and around their cubby hokes.

The carpet - gone, wasted, urine soaked and now double gone (burned, actually) with a new one in the box..... waiting.
The seats - stripped to metal, reupholstery in OE fabric, new foam... waiting.
Sun visors - new, waiting.
Dashboard - cleaned up nicely.
Heater core - new
Tires - new 265/75R16, x5
Headlights, frosted, yellow & opaque - replaced w/real glass and LED Hi beams.
AC - R134a recharged, works great.
Door hinge pins/bushings - new
Speakers, chewed, urine glued - replaced
Stereo - WAS Cassette/AM/FM - replaced with USB/SD/FM/Bluefang unit. Nice colored LEDs in removable faceplate. Kewl. SOUNDS GREAT. Kewl - x2!
Paint - buffed out very nicely. Another Kewl!
Electric windows - the previous owner (idiot) didn't know about the window lock on driver's control panel, and either gave up or didn't care about closing them.
Wiring - generally okay, so obviously not considered as a staple of Montana wildlife.
Headliner - HERE'S THE PROBLEM.

Anyone got a source for a good, used, new, stolen, stored-in-crazy-aunts-attic headliner????

I've been searchin' for a couple of months for one.

We drove it sitting on milk crates and it's sweet; the 4WD auto thing works 100%, brakes need pads and shoes, transmission had rebuilder's receipt under seat and says it was done, like, 9 years and 4 months before I bought it. Guess the warranty has expired though. Lol.

 

[tRustyK5]

http://www.stockinteriors.com/items.asp?MakeId=47&ModelId=596&MainCatId=7&Desc=GMC_Yukon_Headliner

Google...it's your friend.

 

[Joe In Montana]

http://www.stockinteriors.com/items.asp?MakeId=47&ModelId=596&MainCatId=7&Desc=GMC_Yukon_Headliner

Google...it's your friend.

I've Googled till my fingers are raw.

And that's a kit to replace headliner fabric - not the stiff hardboard part on the top which is ruinated.

I need the whole hard part and then the fabric stuff

 

[Big Ray]

Might want to call these folks. I looked forever for new 'boards for my '86 when I stumbled across these.

clickity

 

[dyeager535]

I'd be surprised if they haven't, but are they discontinued by GM? You can't ask most parts counter guys, IME most are too lazy to actually look it up. Many dealers out there now have parts catalogs online.

How about LMC? Do they do the newer trucks?

 

[Joe In Montana]

I tried LMC - no good. They have lots of stuff, but not the Yukon 1-piece ones.

 

[Russell]

I'd be going to your local junkyard to find one of these... I need a replacement headliner for my 03 Cadillac and can't find one for it either. GM does not sell them anymore, nor is there any aftermarket supply. Finding an Caddy headliner without a sunroof but with a DVD system is not easy, not a common combination.

 

[Joe In Montana]

I'd be going to your local junkyard to find one of these... I need a replacement headliner for my 03 Cadillac and can't find one for it either. GM does not sell them anymore, nor is there any aftermarket supply. Finding an Caddy headliner without a sunroof but with a DVD system is not easy, not a common combination.

Yeah.... I greatly dislike those places. I can hear the crunched vehicles crying and moaning.

 

[ramack]

When I was in college and needed a vehicle, a woman in one of my math classes sold me ($1 to avoid vehicle gift tax) a 79 Olds Cutlass Cruiser. It had been stored in a barn with the windows down. Cats, mice, rats and birds had been living in it. The cats had pissed and shit all over inside, however, the interior was still in pretty good condition. It just smelled awful. I bet I went through a case of carpet fresh when I read about spreading coffee inside. Made sense, smugglers pour coffee around the goods to mask the smell. So I went to a Food-4-Less, bought several 5 pound cans of white label coffee and for the next few weeks scattered the coffee in the car. Problem Gone! I love the smell of coffee, so that was great. And after the coffee smell dissipated, it just smelled like a car.

Give the coffee a try.

 

[Joe In Montana]

When I was in college and needed a vehicle, a woman in one of my math classes sold me ($1 to avoid vehicle gift tax) a 79 Olds Cutlass Cruiser. It had been stored in a barn with the windows down. Cats, mice, rats and birds had been living in it. The cats had pissed and shit all over inside, however, the interior was still in pretty good condition. It just smelled awful. I bet I went through a case of carpet fresh when I read about spreading coffee inside. Made sense, smugglers pour coffee around the goods to mask the smell. So I went to a Food-4-Less, bought several 5 pound cans of white label coffee and for the next few weeks scattered the coffee in the car. Problem Gone! I love the smell of coffee, so that was great. And after the coffee smell dissipated, it just smelled like a car.

Give the coffee a try.

Fantastic idea! We've tried every urine-suppressing chemical confab we could find - but so fay not coffee.

The neighbor's wife was over the other day and made a neat observational statement: "Why don't you scrape off what you can and just put a clear coat on it and seal it all in?"

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Not being a sexist here and trying to stay somewhat PC at the same time - I think she may have a great answer too.

 

[diesel4me]

I've read how after a person has been found dead in a home and not found for a long time since dying--that they burn coffee to get rid of the stench of rotted flesh......

I'd be careful messing around with rat tirds--I know 3 people who got a virus and died after being exposed to mice nests often--two were small engine mechanics,the other worked in a salvage yard that had lots of very old vehicles...
I have had mice live in more than one of my lawn mower or tractor engines,one Kohler I had on a tractor was packed SO full of nest and crap it barely could turn over--I assumed it was just stiff fron sitting a long time,so I used my truck battery to get it to start..

10 minutes later flames erupted from the blower housing..luckily I had a garden hose close by and I got it out quickly..
I used the hose to flush out the material they packed in the blower housing,then compressed air to blow it all out...to this day I smell the stench of roasted mouse corpse,and that was probably 10 years ago now !.

Yoo bad you not in MA,I bet for what a new headliner costs,you could buy half a dozen mint ones from a salvage yard--there are lots of rotted Tahoes and Suburbans newer than 1995's here ..

 

[Joe In Montana]

I've read how after a person has been found dead in a home and not found for a long time since dying--that they burn coffee to get rid of the stench of rotted flesh...View attachment 220368...

I'd be careful messing around with rat tirds--I know 3 people who got a virus and died after being exposed to mice nests often--two were small engine mechanics,the other worked in a salvage yard that had lots of very old vehicles...
I have had mice live in more than one of my lawn mower or tractor engines,one Kohler I had on a tractor was packed SO full of nest and crap it barely could turn over--I assumed it was just stiff fron sitting a long time,so I used my truck battery to get it to start..

10 minutes later flames erupted from the blower housing..luckily I had a garden hose close by and I got it out quickly..
I used the hose to flush out the material they packed in the blower housing,then compressed air to blow it all out...to this day I smell the stench of roasted mouse corpse,and that was probably 10 years ago now !.

Yoo bad you not in MA,I bet for what a new headliner costs,you could buy half a dozen mint ones from a salvage yard--there are lots of rotted Tahoes and Suburbans newer than 1995's here ..

Most DUIs here drive 1968 Pintos or 2013 Volvos.

Does anyone have a headliner stretcher?

But yeah.... Hanta is on my mind constantly although the occurrence in Montana is very rare, per capita-wise anyway.
However, like my dad always said, even up to his death bed decree (my dad always spoke in decrees): "Something's gotta kill you".

Your job is to find a quiet and painless way to assume room temperature. Thrashing about on the floor, leaking bodily fluids from every portal on your body, all the while invoking Nordic names of god, is not a good way to go.


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