Well I've been plugging away(slowly) over the winter with some minor jobs and after returning from 2.5 weeks south in the USA I was inspired to start up the 235 after 6 months. Upon getting started with a new but temporary electrical I noticed something usual on the floor of the cab (pieces of foam). I bet most people have guessed it, when I flipped the seat over there was a nice big rodent racing around the spings, it got a way but left 6 little friends. I took the seat out and there was damage to the seat which I can repair. Despite this intrusion, I hooked up some new cables and let the starter do its job and there was smoke. it was great to see it run and now I can continue with more electrical and get things ready for its first run on the road.