Actually, it's not that hard to find the mice, you just have to look in the right places. Use this as a reference: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/oct99/mice15.htm
TomC tcarrington@relitech.com http://volksweb.relitech.com 85 Vanagon Crew Cab 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion 65 Notchback > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Walker [SMTP:jwalker@BAMA.UA.EDU] > Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 1:07 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: FFFFFFrydaye Re: Cleaning up coolant > > "Anthony L."Leaky" Mourkas" queried: > > Does anyone have a good method of cleaning up the subflooring/soundboard > > underneath the carpet which has absorbed some coolant due to a rear > > heater leak? > > yes. there is only one substance known to man that will > displace the coolant absorbed in the foam padding under the > carpet: > > mouse urine. > > yup. that's right. trouble is, it is very very hard to > obtain, and you have to catch about 50 of them little > suckers and squeeze the dickens out of them to get enough to > counteract/displace about 1/2 quart of coolant. > > but you put a couple of ounces of mouse/mice urine into your > carpet, and believe you me, you won't be smelling that > coolant ANYmore. :) > > unca joel > kicking the pot on Fryedaye. :) > > The above statements are in no way to be considered a > reflection of anything > useful or semi-intelligent. Use at your own risk. No > warranty expressed or implied. Danger: may be hazardous to > your carpet. :) |
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