Mice,Mice,Mice!!!!
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Racer
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From: Plains Ga.
Mice,Mice,Mice!!!!
I am having a problem with mice getting inside the interior of our '96 coupe. This only happens when the car is not in my shop. If I could keep it in the shop at all times, I would. Sometimes I have to park it outside under a carport that is open on all sides. I have put the car on my car lift and looked to find where they are coming in at. I don't see any obvious place. I have not cut any holes in the body or have seen any where that the previous owner has doe any cutting. I would like to know if anyone has had this problem or have a suggestion where to look? The car is has an auto. trans.,so there is no area at the shifter to enter. HELP!!!!!
Thank you,
JTHVETTE
P.S.- Email me if you have any info.
seagoer@sowega.net
Thank you,
JTHVETTE
P.S.- Email me if you have any info.
seagoer@sowega.net
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From: First to Sign Grumpy's Hat Only 53 miles from Hell
St. Jude Donor '06-'09-'10-'11
Those little critters can get thru a hole half their body size! The slightest crack in the weather striping could be it. Gromet in the firewall?
Melting Slicks
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From: Obama=death for America
This might seem odd, but there is a possibility that they are coming through your vents. I have seen mice crawl through the smallest of spaces. They might be entering from under your car, getting underneath the hood and somehow getting into your ducts. Just a thought.
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From: levittown pa. usa Even a bad day with my `Vette, is better than a good day at work
St. Jude Donor '10
PS. Mice don`t have bones, they have cartilege (sp?), so they can get into any space unless its air tight.
Burning Brakes
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From: Dunstable MA
St. Jude Donor '05
I replaced the heater fan on one of my other cars this past fall. There were remnants of a mouse house in the fan. If the vent door had been open, he/they would've had the run of the interior.
Melting Slicks
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From: Green Bay WI
Originally Posted by JTHVETTE
I am having a problem with mice getting inside the interior of our '96 coupe. This only happens when the car is not in my shop. If I could keep it in the shop at all times, I would. Sometimes I have to park it outside under a carport that is open on all sides. I have put the car on my car lift and looked to find where they are coming in at. I don't see any obvious place. I have not cut any holes in the body or have seen any where that the previous owner has doe any cutting. I would like to know if anyone has had this problem or have a suggestion where to look? The car is has an auto. trans.,so there is no area at the shifter to enter. HELP!!!!!
Thank you,
JTHVETTE
P.S.- Email me if you have any info.
seagoer@sowega.net
Thank you,
JTHVETTE
P.S.- Email me if you have any info.
seagoer@sowega.net
They seem to like chunky peanutbutter...
Instructor
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From: Oshkosh WI
I have found traces of mice under the hood in the past, but I was told to put dryer sheets in the places they were apparently using. Now I put dryer sheets all over the interior and under the hood. I haven't found any traces of mice in the last few years. The dryer sheets seem to work better than mothballs and don't smell as bad.
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From: ...tearing up the highways, one state at a time™®©
Originally Posted by Deacon
Now I put dryer sheets all over the interior and under the hood. I haven't found any traces of mice in the last few years. The dryer sheets seem to work better than mothballs and don't smell as bad.
Amen to that!!!!! I put them in baggies (so I do not have the sheet laying on the carpet itself) It seems to work well
... the dryer sheet works like a charm 
Melting Slicks
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From: alaska
i once saw a mouse run behind my mr coffee machine.i blocked it off and the wife made ready with a bucket to catch the rascal and get rid of it.
she stood poised while i grabbed the coffee maker and jerked it straight up.nothing.the thing disappeared.
im looking all over the place and started examining the mr coffee.only tiny holes in a tin plate on the bottom but i got a screwgun and pulled the screws.sure enough the little bugger was inside with the element.guess he thought he was in his own element but i taught him different lol.
it was really amazing how small a hole that mouse went into.
i use drier sheets too and also carve up some irish spring soap bar around the shop floor and under the car for squirrel repellant.so far so good,if i could only figure out some cat repellant.i find tracks on the cover.and i dont have a cat either.vettes do attract em
she stood poised while i grabbed the coffee maker and jerked it straight up.nothing.the thing disappeared.
im looking all over the place and started examining the mr coffee.only tiny holes in a tin plate on the bottom but i got a screwgun and pulled the screws.sure enough the little bugger was inside with the element.guess he thought he was in his own element but i taught him different lol.
it was really amazing how small a hole that mouse went into.
i use drier sheets too and also carve up some irish spring soap bar around the shop floor and under the car for squirrel repellant.so far so good,if i could only figure out some cat repellant.i find tracks on the cover.and i dont have a cat either.vettes do attract em
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Racer
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From: Plains Ga.
Originally Posted by SLOWRIDE
Watch out for MICKEY 
Did you know that Minny Mouse and Mickey Mouse were getting a divorce? Mickey went to an attorney to file for a divorce and explain to him what was going on. The attorney told him that he could not divorce her on grounds of being crazy. Mickey said," I didn't say she was "crazy", I said she was f_ _ _ ing Goofy!
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From: Grayslake IL.
Originally Posted by kenv
PS. Mice don`t have bones, they have cartilege (sp?), so they can get into any space unless its air tight.
Drifting
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From: Nanaimo, BC
2 suggestions - Move to Canada. it's -39 with -51 windchill this morning - NOTHING will live in those conditions (except apparently ME). Second, take down the "Mice Welcome Here" sign.
And yes, mice do have bones.
And yes, mice do have bones.
Pro
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From: Endicott New York
Oldtimer
mice, mice
Better plug those exhaust tips too. After the first year of storing mine for the Winter, I blew Mickey out the Flowmaster tip when I started it up in the Spring. Since then I have been taking old socks with mothballs in them and stuffing them into the exhaust tips, and also laying them in various places under the hood and inside the car. No problems since then (maybe its the old socks). I like the idea of using drier sheets though. Might try it.
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From: 1993 Quasar Blue 'vert Scottsdale AZ
Originally Posted by kenv
PS. Mice don`t have bones, they have cartilege (sp?), so they can get into any space unless its air tight.
Drifting
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From: Mobile AL
St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by jerryL98
Dude, mice have bones. But, if they can squeeze their head through their body will follow. The best solution is to remove any and all food or potential food. They won't live where there isn't any food. And poison doesn't work because they don't know it's poison. Mice think it's food. Just my 2c.
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From: Minneapolis MN
Originally Posted by Deacon
I have found traces of mice under the hood in the past, but I was told to put dryer sheets in the places they were apparently using. Now I put dryer sheets all over the interior and under the hood. I haven't found any traces of mice in the last few years. The dryer sheets seem to work better than mothballs and don't smell as bad.
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From: First to Sign Grumpy's Hat Only 53 miles from Hell
St. Jude Donor '06-'09-'10-'11
Originally Posted by JTHVETTE
Did you know that Minny Mouse and Mickey Mouse were getting a divorce? Mickey went to an attorney to file for a divorce and explain to him what was going on. The attorney told him that he could not divorce her on grounds of being crazy. Mickey said," I didn't say she was "crazy", I said she was f_ _ _ ing Goofy!
Even my wife thought that was funny.