Sometimes as a Do It Yourself Mechanic you can find a right mess under your bonnet but things could always be worse. Whilst the Vehicle Part News team were doing some research on van and car bonnets today, we came across this story. What ever the problems underneath your van bonnet or difficulty finding replacement van bonnet parts, it can’t be this bad:
Mechanic is scared out of his skin by finding giant snake in the engine of a van
The 28 year old mechanic was performing an MOT on a Transit van when he came across the 6ft reptile. Prem Gharu, who works at a test centre in Feltham south England said:
“At first I thought it was fake snake, I thought someone was trying to play a trick on me. I said to my assistant,’look at that, someone has put a that there to play a trick on me’. Then it started to move and I got a bit of a shock”.
Snake; In transit
The man was shocked and immediately called his boss and they sent for an exotic animal handler to remove the massive slimy serpent for quarantine. Mr Gharu continued:
“I called the boys over and said ‘Quick, there’s a snake under the bonnet’. He came running over and so did all the boys”.
As far the report goes, the owner of the van knew nothing about the snake, or snakes in general. An animal expert consulted advised Mr Gharu that the snake came from North America and reassured him that it was harmless, which came as some relief, but what a great story for the rest of us looking for a used Ford Bonnet, be it for a Transit, Ranger, S-Max, Focus, Fiesta or whatever. A quick online search using one of the find-a-part locators available 247 spares finder services like CarPartBuyer or 4x4sparefinder saves consumers time, money and anxiety for that repalcement van or car bonnet. Give it a try next time and give yourself a nice surprise and a helping hand.
Source: Hounslow and Brentford Times
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