Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:35:52 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: MICE: points of ingress in cab area?
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Set a bucket outside your van.
Put a snack of peanut butter on the edge of the bucket.
The mouse will leave your van if you just leave the door closes to the
baited bucket open.
You can put a hand grenade in the bucket, water in the bucket or whatever
else you want because the mouse will most likely fall into the bucket making
the jump.
Stan Wilder
More Power with Performance Coatings
http://www.engineceramics.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of
Eric Zeno
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 1:09 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: MICE: points of ingress in cab area?
Tobin,
I'm no mouse expert, but I can tell you that mice
are not that aggressive. They are living in your Van.
They do not like to be disturbed, or areas that have
constant traffic. You on the other hand have disturbed
them, by driving your van. For some reason mice like to
build there nest in the front heater. If your van sits
for any length if time remove the tires, and put up on metal
jack stands. They can not climb up smooth steel jack stands.
Make sure there is no other way for them to get into the van.
Like having a broom lean up against the van. Make sure
there is no source of food in the Van. I am suprized you
can not smell them when you open any of the front vents.
I've had a few vans like this. total PITA
Eric
Tobin Copley wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a problem with mice getting into my diesel westy when camping at
> certain spots here on the wet coast. There *are* a lot of mice in the
> woods these days, and I suspect that as soon as they hear my westy come
> clattering along, they all look up with envy and want to stow away
> hoping for a run down the coast to a beach in Mexico or something. Or
> maybe they are just after the food.
>
> At any rate, it seems my camper is one big mouse collecting machine.
> Last time camping on the coast, we caught 4 mice before we went to bed,
> and 5 more in the night. There were still mice left uncaught. They
> have the run of the place, and even run right over us while we are
> lying in bed. It's quite something. They only seem to come in at
> night. They do not stay in the camper, as we don't have any left in
> the vehicle when we get home.
>
> They are getting in somewhere in the cab area. It's obviously a pretty
> easy route for them, because if we pull into a spot in the evening, we
> have a mouse inside within a half house of dusk every time. I see them
> popping out into the interior around the "accelerator" pedal, the far
> forward part of the centre console covering on the floor, and the
> shifter boot. There may be other spots they pop in and out, but I
> haven't been able to see.
>
> So: where are they getting in? Obviously, I'd like to block off the
> entry points. Spots I can think of include:
>
> 1) The hole through the floor under the accelerator pedal. There's a
> little plastic cover screwed in on the underside of the floor to try to
> seal it off, but it's missing a couple of screws, and perhaps they are
> squeezing in there.
>
> 2) The shift linkage box under the floor under the shift lever. I
> don't know how to seal that off, or what kind of covering were stock
> from the factory.
>
> 3) The hole in the very far forward right hand side of the cab where
> the wiring loom that runs underneath the bus from the engine
> compartment enters the cab near the floor. Perhaps there is a rubber
> grommet or something missing there?
>
> Anywhere else I should look? I'm looking for basically any
> through-the-floor (through-hull) fittings in the forward portion of the
> vehicle. At this point I seriously doubt they are getting in near the
> rear of the vehicle, but I *could* be wrong.
>
> I'd bring a cat with me when camping in mouse country, but I can't
> stand cats. Then again, the mice are getting pretty annoying too...
>
> Thanks for any help with this,
>
> T.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tobin Copley Vancouver, BC, Canada 49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W
>
> '82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
> '97 son Russell =============
> '99 daughter Margaret /_| |_L| |__|:| clatter
> SPEED KILLS! [. = .| clatter!
> Drive a Vanagon diesel ~-()-==----()-~ ~ ~
>
>
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