So you considered Savell's idea a serious option? I'm looking forward to the photos!

… I always give sound advice… to say otherwise is sacrilege

Pretty sure you don't have a rabbit chewing your brake lines but I have success using banana peels and bread to catch rabbits with wooden live traps.

Savell is dead serious!

Your advice sounds like something! I would never suggest otherwise!

He gives great hugs and enjoys long walks on the beach listening to jazz music too.

… you keep spreading falsehoods about me and I’ll whip your Yankee butt in a way that you call yourself Toby

Can said whooping at least take place somewhere warm? I am getting sick of winter already.

Are you implying i am not being serious? If I called it a wasciwee wabbit, would that be better?

My daughter in law has a pet rabbit, I call him Larry, that will just about jump out of his indoor enclosure for a strawberry.
When their German shepherds get too nosey, he will jump way up in the air and do a 360, at the 180 mark the dog gets kicked in the face with both back feet. Larry then nails the landing, glaring at the dog with one of those big giant soulless eyes.

With the snow, you should be able to clearly see the rabbit runs, which you could set with 120 or160 conibears.

A more likely culprit would be squirrels.

If it is rabbits, just putting snow fence or chicken wire around the vehicles would stop any damage until you catch them.

Keith

I agree with rodents of many kinds as being the culprit. I have been doing nuisance work for near 50 years now. Lots of problems with mice, rats, squirrels, porkies and groundhogs.

In the winter months I would have to go with mice, rats or squirrels. Never had a rabbit call. The damage may have been done prior to assuming the rabbit tracks are the problem.

Why don't you set cameras at two angles at near ground level to see if they are going under the vehicle and standing up to actually chew on your lines. They can't reach the lines without standing up. A cam will show this behavior.

The real question is where do you typically park your vehicle most of the time? Was the chewing done from the bottom of the brake line or the top. That is a critical piece of information for a diagnosis. Size of bite patterns tell the story in most cases.

Check under the hood of your problem vehicle. Most mice are living within the vehicle by this time of year.

See if you find any chewed insulation missing, look for nesting in your air cleaner housing container, and for any feces / droppings under the hood, on the battery or any flat surface area. The signs are there for the detailed pair of eyes and where to look.

Mice do lots of damage. I keep mouse traps set under the hood with hercules putty to hold them in position. This is done in all of our work and private vehicles year round.

We catch mice nearly every day in one of them. Snow cover slows their activity but it is open movement season when it melts and warms somewhat and snow melts.

When I lived in town , I shot many rabbits with a pellet gun at night out of any window that was convenient.
Lot of basement window shots.
Those rabbits stripped a peach tree of all bark when the snow was 2-3 foot up the tree, same with an apple tree.
Had them cut a first year tree down like a beaver would.
Cage traps if in town unless you have special permission to set any thing else.
Like many said above, cover the bottom to make it easy for them to enter.
Same with feral cats, cover the bottom with all weather carpet.

Rodents cost us $1000 in damage on 2 vehicles this fall. Yep chewing off soybean oil coated wires. Mechanic says it is an epidemic.

Wow

2 rabbits in traps last night !........would like to thank the following...

Treedablackdog
Coyote Cowboy
330-trapper
Hayday
Trapper 7
Bruce T
Wetdog
Maurob
Kieth C
Jameson
Ohiowolverine
Trapper Pete

For cage and bait and trapping details.......
I used all or part of your logical and rational and experience post tips...

As far as turtledale......I will never open a post from you with a photo...

Anti-gov .... you've got me worried....never crossed my mind.....

Finally....the jokesters left.....can you all get together on zoom call and organize your humor.....let me know when ready........I think I can help you get on next HBO comedy special

Almost forgot......those who do not know of flexible brake fluid line from the rigid line on
Frame to brake calipers..........don't start a auto brake shop......you're better off keeping your day job

Have to go.........reset traps same way.........might have another big catch tonight.....


Is it only me or do others also hear.....Rocky Theme song.....as I go.....

Geez, not even an honorable mention? Tough crowd.