Date:         Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:50:21 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Mouse Attack!
Comments: To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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You just need a ten pound cat in your Vanagon.
The word will travel fast and you won't have anymore mice.
(Also get a litter box and 300 air fresheners).

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Mouse Attack!


> What about the air intake in the front, and up through the shift box
> and through the rubber shift lever grommet? Not to mention the grommet
> in the footwell center for the stuff that goes through there. You'd
> probably have to drop the spare to see most of this, and remove the
> grills on the front as well. There is also penetration through the
> firewall for several things. Look there too.
>
> Ji
> On Oct 25, 2005, at 4:44 PM, Mike Collum wrote:
>
> > That battery vent hole is one of their favorite entry spots, but those
> > suckers can go nearly flat when squeezing their way in so check all
> > places where wires, tubes and/or pipes traverse the cabin.  Perhaps a
> > grommet has deteriorated (or been eaten away) allowing ingress.
> >
> > Mike
> > Houlton, Maine
> >
> > Michael Diehr wrote:
> >> In addition having my van die completely, the camping itself was a
> >> never-ending battle between us and the mice.    Apparently, there are
> >> ways for small mice to get inside a van even with the doors & windows
> >> closed.
> >>
> >> I found one possible entry hole -- a breather tube? that goes into
> >> the main battery box under the passenger seat.    From there they can
> >> run to the driver's side battery box, and from there they have free
> >> run of the cabinets and closet.
> >>
> >> However, even after I blocked that off they kept finding a way in.
> >> Any ideas for where to look for mouse-size entry points (85 westy).
> >>
> >