rodent infestation in the spare tire well
07-31-2019, 04:17 PM
#13
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The little monsters chewed the hell out of the heater box. Service replaced that and the fan. They had to recharge the a/c in the process.
They took photos, so I'll post some up later.
Total cost: Just under $2.5k
Damn hawks and owls are not doing their job.
Edit: And they were getting in via the hole they'd chewed in the heater box! Now protected by wire mesh.
They took photos, so I'll post some up later.
Total cost: Just under $2.5k
Damn hawks and owls are not doing their job.
Edit: And they were getting in via the hole they'd chewed in the heater box! Now protected by wire mesh.
07-31-2019, 08:02 PM
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I have had the same problem with my equipment at the ranch, just can not get rid of them and have used everything known to man until I started putting "moth balls" in old socks and leaving them in the engine compartment. You get used to the smell, but no more chewed up wires and such..
Just a friendly FYI.
Just a friendly FYI.
08-01-2019, 02:00 PM
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I generally leave the hood up, which seems to discourage the pests from infesting the engine compartment, but in this case they actually breached from below, somehow managing to chew into the heater box.
I've tried dryer sheets, to limited effect, and formerly did the mothballs in socks treatment on previous vehicles, again with little or no effect, other than giving me a headache.
Currently I'm trying an array of those ultrasonic repellers. They have mixed reviews, but I'm willing to experiment. I installed four, placed about the car at ground level, directed inward. According to the manufacturer these things constantly change frequency, and four of them ought to create quite an ultrasonic racket.
I'm also trapping them, but there's an endless supply sneaking in from the fields.
Now the possible access points have been covered with galvanized steel mesh it ought to be safe, unless the little creeps learn how to use a wire cutter.
I've tried dryer sheets, to limited effect, and formerly did the mothballs in socks treatment on previous vehicles, again with little or no effect, other than giving me a headache.
Currently I'm trying an array of those ultrasonic repellers. They have mixed reviews, but I'm willing to experiment. I installed four, placed about the car at ground level, directed inward. According to the manufacturer these things constantly change frequency, and four of them ought to create quite an ultrasonic racket.
I'm also trapping them, but there's an endless supply sneaking in from the fields.
Now the possible access points have been covered with galvanized steel mesh it ought to be safe, unless the little creeps learn how to use a wire cutter.
08-01-2019, 03:44 PM
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It's not just mice here, I have chipmunks and squirrels to deal with... My wiring harness looks like scrap wire...
Wait!
It is scrap wire...
Underhood fibreglass insulation sheets are gone... Good nesting material I guess. They ate the battery cover in my truck, left me the label that was on it. I have constant acorn shells in my air filter boxes or laying on top of the engines...
Wait!
It is scrap wire...
Underhood fibreglass insulation sheets are gone... Good nesting material I guess. They ate the battery cover in my truck, left me the label that was on it. I have constant acorn shells in my air filter boxes or laying on top of the engines...