# Rats got in and ate electrical! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, s-10\ **Created:** [March 5, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rats-got-in-and-ate-electrical/160403 "2020-03-05T22:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CaddyMax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CaddyMax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CaddyMax)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rats-got-in-and-ate-electrical/160403/1 "2020-03-05T22:05:17Z")
2000 chevy s10 sat for about a month in my office parking lot and these little rat bastards did this!! ![20200301_150417](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/1/d14ceff533a476450ba5aa94b0034c7a9213ea63.jpeg) How screwed am I? How do I fix this? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rats-got-in-and-ate-electrical/160403/2 "2020-03-05T22:12:26Z")
You have one of two choices. Splice in new wires, or replace the wiring harness. Either way, it’s not going to be cheap. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rats-got-in-and-ate-electrical/160403/3 "2020-03-05T23:02:50Z")
Had a bud that had a bundle of wires eaten through by a woodchuck. We spliced the wires back together, and that worked. Get some estimates for both options, ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rats-got-in-and-ate-electrical/160403/4 "2020-03-06T00:11:11Z")
Are the critters gone though or did you bring them home? There must be quite a few S10’s in the junk yard that you could get new wire harnesses out of. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rats-got-in-and-ate-electrical/160403/5 "2020-03-06T03:00:01Z")
Got insurance? It might cover fixing the truck.