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10-26-2021, 10:17 AM | #1 |
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Mice proofing engine bay ideas
My blazer has to sit under the carport this year and already found some mouse poo. The only thing I could find is to use peppermint or cedar. Any other ideas. I don,t want to use mice traps and attract them and I don,t think you could trap all the mice outside. I also don,t have wheel tubs up front
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10-26-2021, 10:27 AM | #2 |
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Re: Mice proofing engine bay ideas
Mothballs work.
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10-26-2021, 10:41 AM | #3 |
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I use the mint repellant. Works well even in the barn
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10-26-2021, 11:57 AM | #4 |
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Re: Mice proofing engine bay ideas
Those little bastards like dark places and love to eat wire insulation. Leaving the hood popped can help keep they from nesting in your engine bay. Adding some LED lights can help but make sure they don't produce much heat because thel like heat too.
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Re: Mice proofing engine bay ideas
Get a mean cat.
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10-26-2021, 01:42 PM | #6 |
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Re: Mice proofing engine bay ideas
I have been using a multi layered approach for a few years after noticing evidence of rodents. Peppermint oil all around the perimeter of the storage area. Inside and out. A few bars of Irish spring soap scattered under the vehicle. Mouse poison bait blocks around all perimeter walls. Dryer sheets in the engine bay and any other area they might go, peppermint oil laced rags also. Steel wool in the exhaust pipes.
I have moving blankets that I lay on when working on the ground. I have found evidence they were nesting in some of those blankets. Better there than the vehicle?
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10-26-2021, 02:31 PM | #7 |
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I prefer hungry cats.
My dad had problems with Mice eating wiring, and other things in his hobby car. I got him to feed the local feral cats, and they quickly disappeared. He gave the cats a area to shelter in to keep them close at hand. Going on 5 years now with no issues from mice, and no needing to spray. |
10-26-2021, 03:30 PM | #8 |
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Well if you can lure them into the air cleaner and then start it up, that fixes one problem.
It took me way too long to figure out why the old girl wouldn't start. I found a good chunk of his nest down in the carb. No sign of the little guy since. I guess it could be worse. I was starting it to get it into my garage to begin the engine swap. I have no idea how he even got in there as it's sealed up tight and the element doesn't have any holes chewed through. I put a few traps in the cab of the truck and a couple in the engine compartment. I'm pretty sure he's lodged in the intake valve of one of the cylinders though. |
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10-27-2021, 09:56 AM | #10 |
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Thanks , how often do you change moth balls ?
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10-27-2021, 12:26 PM | #11 |
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I might be opening myself up to a shot of my own humor here, but I remember one member recommending rubber snakes. He put them around the truck on the ground, kind of parked in the middle of them and the rats would leave his truck alone. I thought about getting a couple to put on top of the radiator. Can rats and mice see in the dark?
I've been leaving the hood popped to make the underhood environment less protected. It's kind of hit and miss on my vehicles - sometimes they'll nest in there anyway - and unfortunately leaves your battery and underhood components at risk. |
10-27-2021, 12:51 PM | #13 |
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I've had good luck with placing Bounce dryer sheets around, but need to swap them out every few months.
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10-29-2021, 04:38 PM | #15 |
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i throw bags of moth balls around and something called cab fresh available at tractor supply never see mice
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I do not endorse, personally use or have any affiliation with this product but they advertise it to work. You be the judge!
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It's actually a pleasant smell in the cars and trucks . Dryer sheets make me puke . My dad used them and it's like getting into a car with someone who puts on way to much perfume or cologne .
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11-26-2021, 01:07 AM | #22 |
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My Honda was attacked, again. There is a fuzzy sound deadening mat under the hood they like, should rip it out. I have a few moth balls stuck around the engine bay. So far so good, but not digging the smell.
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They will find something else. I bought one of the bucket top traps in the link below. It works great. Link: https://www.rinnetraps.com/product-p...ket-compatible They are Made In The USA. There are cheaper versions of these, Reviews say that they are poorly made, and won't fit the top of the bucket Etc Etc.
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