ghoastrider1

I think the darn cute little thing is starting a nest in my spare tire. When he crosses the street, that's where he/she heads too. Don't want to kill it but darn sure don't want it craping back there and eating wires,. Reckon I will have to drop the spare carrier. Problem is, I still cant get my damn hood open and the battery is now dead so cant drive it somewhere to flush the critter out.

BlowerWorks

Throw some moth ***** in there !!!

A Peter C4

Work on getting that hood open, the longer the car sits the more problems arise.Have you tried hood release tool, the bent rod type?

1800Wing

Hell...if he won't kill a damn chipmonk...do you really think he'll castrate moths ?

later, tiny

ghoastrider1

yes

ghoastrider1

didn't say I wouldn't kill it, said I don't want to...

A Peter C4

Youtube has video on hood release tool and manual release cable install, good luck with your new pet.

Ralph88

Had a chipmonk eat through my plastic fuel line on a Nissan truck about 10 years ago. What a mess, gas all over my driveway. I did not know it until the truck kept starting and stopping, the more I hit the gas the more that went on my driveway. It only took about 30 seconds and a BIG MESS. ha. So much for plastic fuel lines, although I know they don't corrode like metal does.

May want to try moth ***** in the spare tire area or spray flea and tick (Deep Woods, etc.) in the area until you get it fixed or carefully soak a sponge or something and put it in there....don't think mice and chipmonks like that smell. (who would..lol)

bac22

Moth ***** are urban legends with mice and chipmunks. Also chipmunks don't generally chew on wires, mice are usually the problem in that regard. Lastly chipmunks live under ground, they wouldn't be building a nest in your car, they might be storing food though such as acorns in your spare tire well or even in your exhaust...I had the latter happen to me one fall after parking the car for winter.

Ralph88

I believe thats what the chipmonks were doing in my truck, storing food and keeping warm maybe, I kept seeing them hopping onto the top of my tires and running under the truck, etc. I have so many around my house I did not think much of it, except how cute they were..!! LOL Little did I know they would cost me hundreds of dollars.

Don't know what possessed them to chew my gas line, but I saw the bite marks myself, those teeth are sharp for sure. Strange.!

ctmccloskey

I put moth ***** in my tool box this winter because I saw a mouse in my drawer one day. The very next day I opened the same drawer with the moth ***** and the cute little mouse was sitting right next to it, I think he was laughing his little tail off. The whole garage stinks because of those darn moth *****.

I saw chipmunks going in and out of my Buick below the engine bay. A week or two went by and when I started my V-6 Buick it was running on four cylinders. One of those very same chipmunks had chewed through the wires connecting one of my 3 coil packs. The dealer said that it was a chipmunk as they do in fact chew on things when making a nest. Those teeth marks were huge and they scraped away insulation on a couple of other wires as well. The dealer fixed the damage and then glued a screen in place to keep them out of valley between the cylinders. I would think it would get too hot there but it seemed a great place for the Chipmunk.

I now have moth ***** in both Corvettes inside the car and in the engine bay. Maybe they don't work but they sure make a stink. I won't have any moth problems anyway....

I had a little hole appear near my front steps one day. I took a hose and turned it on and shoved it down the hole. A few minutes later one very pissed off Chipmunk pushed the hose out of the hole and just looking at me like he was ticked off. My son and I laughed our butts off at this soaked little critter giving us the "look of death".

Good luck with your dear little "cute" rodents. If you have a lot of them watch out. I have seen foundations break from Chipmunks tunneling their way around beneath them.

ghoastrider1

just returned from Wally world where I purchased moth *****. Placed a packet between rear bumper and spare tire carrier. Thanks guys.

A Peter C4

I have seen snowmobilers use dryer sheets all around engine to deter rodents, while in summer storage.