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Last night we finally trapped the mouse that made his/her nest on top of the intake manifold right alongside the carburetor of our '72 Satellite. It ate the cheese in two spring traps before finally getting caught in a sticky trap. That place sure seems to always be the preferred spot for a rodent to set up house for some reason or other.
 
dibbons said:
Last night we finally trapped the mouse that made his/her nest on top of the intake manifold right alongside the carburetor of our '72 Satellite. It ate the cheese in two spring traps before finally getting caught in a sticky trap. That place sure seems to always be the preferred spot for a rodent to set up house for some reason or other.
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Place charcoal briquettes around where you don’t want them to be. I have them in all my buildings in my Dart and model A. Haven’t had rodent problems for years
 
Ahoey said:
Place charcoal briquettes around where you don’t want them to be. I have them in all my buildings in my Dart and model A. Haven’t had rodent problems for years
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There are some briquettes I never take out of the Dart the ones under the rear seat under the console
 
dibbons said:
Last night we finally trapped the mouse that made his/her nest on top of the intake manifold right alongside the carburetor of our '72 Satellite. It ate the cheese in two spring traps before finally getting caught in a sticky trap. That place sure seems to always be the preferred spot for a rodent to set up house for some reason or other.
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There are more. Stay vigilant.
 
dibbons said:
Last night we finally trapped the mouse that made his/her nest on top of the intake manifold right alongside the carburetor of our '72 Satellite. It ate the cheese in two spring traps before finally getting caught in a sticky trap. That place sure seems to always be the preferred spot for a rodent to set up house for some reason or other.
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Is this in a building? Don't load those spring traps up. Press the bait into the holes so they have to dig for it. I use peanuts. My neighbor superglues a sugar baby to his traps. Last forever and doesn't go rancid. Peanuts work good too.
 
I had to fasten hardware cloth to the fresh air inlet on my Rav 4. Little bastards. They come through the body valves too.
 
Jeff Seighman said:
They say drier sheets work too.
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Not so much, sorry to say.

Bazza’s VG was loaded with mouse **** when I started working on it, despite there being drier sheets all over the place. In fact, there was (still are) some mouse holes in the headliner right above the sun visors, and before he stopped working on it he pushed some drier sheets up in there.

Damn mice not only tore them out, but also tore them up and used them for bedding!

My father tried using drier sheets in his boat as well (outdoor winter storage) with no success.

Different brand of sheets, or different types of mice? Who knows, but around here, save the Bounce for the drier, AFAIC.
 
Bodyperson said:
Is this in a building? Don't load those spring traps up. Press the bait into the holes so they have to dig for it. I use peanuts. My neighbor superglues a sugar baby to his traps. Last forever and doesn't go rancid. Peanuts work good too.
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Agreed. In the “shep” I use the old-style wood traps with the metal mechanism, and peanuts wedged between two parts of the mechanism. Then I spread a little peanut butter on top, so if the licking doesn’t do it (peanut butter), the tugging of the peanut sure as heck does! Don’t get a lot of “empties” that need to be re-bated this way, either.
 
FIL used a 5 gal pail with a rod across the top and a plastic roller on the rod. He smeared the middle inch with peanut butter. He put a 1X2 on each side of pail. Filled pail 1/3 with water, oil and bleach. Auto reset space consuming but worked like hot damn
 
Do the charcoal briquets really work?
I've got a Dakota that they keep chewing the plastic gas lines on.
 
ProjectBazza said:
Not so much, sorry to say.

Bazza’s VG was loaded with mouse **** when I started working on it, despite there being drier sheets all over the place. In fact, there was (still are) some mouse holes in the headliner right above the sun visors, and before he stopped working on it he pushed some drier sheets up in there.

Damn mice not only tore them out, but also tore them up and used them for bedding!

My father tried using drier sheets in his boat as well (outdoor winter storage) with no success.

Different brand of sheets, or different types of mice? Who knows, but around here, save the Bounce for the drier, AFAIC.
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Thanks, I didn't know for sure it was just something I heard.
 
Ahoey said:
Place charcoal briquettes around where you don’t want them to be. I have them in all my buildings in my Dart and model A. Haven’t had rodent problems for years
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I might have to try this…..just toss a few under the car? Under the work bench? Or anywhere else you don’t want them?
 
Spring traps seem to work good but you need to check them often, i used peanut butter on them, it gets cold and they come inside so hopefully they go straight to my traps. I have a bunch inside my shop and shed, seems like they come in waves….I just have them on the shop floor. I’m in the country and also have outside cats…they sure help too with catching them!!

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Jeff Seighman said:
Thanks, I didn't know for sure it was just something I heard.
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Yeah. I thought it worked as well, so I was surprised as hell when I found all of that in his car.

Don’t know if you recall, or even read it, but the mice packed so much stuff in the frame of his car that once it got wet (never dried, actually), it rotted-out the RH frame rail pretty badly. And since his is a RH drive car, and the steering box connects to the frame, not the K-member, the steering would have been deadly had he driven it on the street.

I thank my Guardian Angel that I pulled his engine every time I think of this, otherwise I may not have found it.
 
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66340SEDAN said:
Spring traps seem to work good but you need to check them often, it gets cold and they come inside. I have a bunch inside my shop and shed, seems like they come in waves….I just have them on the shop floor. I’m in the country and also have outside cats…they sure help too with catching them!!

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Love the Victor traps, but I prefer the ones with the metal “offering tray”, as a fat peanut can be wedged in there just perfectly.
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66340SEDAN said:
I might have to try this…..just toss a few under the car? Under the work bench? Or anywhere else you don’t want them?
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I’m curious about this as well, as I’m a little concerned about my F250 inside the Shelter Logic tent.
 
ProjectBazza said:
Love the Victor traps, but I prefer the ones with the metal “offering tray”, as a fat peanut can be wedged in there just perfectly.
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I agree…those work the best, I wanted to get more of those but I couldn’t find them at thr hardware store so I got the cheaper ones…they kinda suck setting them but they seem to work.
 
ProjectBazza said:
I’m curious about this as well, as I’m a little concerned about my F250 inside the Shelter Logic tent.
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I have a 8n tractor I keep in a shelter logic in the woods 15 miles from my home.
I use one of these traps with rv antifreeze in it to drown them.
Last time I checked it there were 9 dead mice in it.
I Just set it near the tractor.
Works good, especially when you cant check it often.
To bait it you just smear peanut butter in the back top of the lid.

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Firstblood said:
I have a 8n tractor I keep in a shelter logic in the woods 15 miles from my home.
I use one of these traps with rv antifreeze in it to drown them.
Last time I checked it there were 9 dead mice in it.
I Just set it near the tractor.
Works good, especially when you cant check it often.
To bait it you just smear peanut butter in the back top of the lid.

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Yup that works
 
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