Date:         Sun, 3 Aug 2008 20:52:01 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: rodents in pantry
Comments: To: ken fischman <jerry233@GMAIL.COM>
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ken fischman wrote:
> Anybody with thoughts on how a small rodent
> gets from outside to inside, and we are sure he/she didn't come through the
> door. Are there openings under the van we should be trying to close off?

One way they can get into "Some" Westies is through the vent to the
outside of the battery box.  If the plate at the top of the battery box
is just laying there under the carpet flap, like so many of them are,
the mouse, or mice, can easily come through the vent, squeeze out of the
battery box and go through the floor level openings under the fridge and
then into the under sink storage.

Two things to do.  One is to drill out the rivets on the battery box
vent cover (it's outside, aft of the front wheel), put a piece of screen
over the hole and reinstall the cover, and, make sure you keep the
battery cover (inside under the carpet flap) screwed down and sealed.

Mike
'85 GL Westy 2.1
'84 GL 7 pass
'84 Westy
'84 Westy (parts)