What about the air intake in the front, and up through the shift box
and through the rubber shift lever grommet? Not to mention the grommet
in the footwell center for the stuff that goes through there. You'd
probably have to drop the spare to see most of this, and remove the
grills on the front as well. There is also penetration through the
firewall for several things. Look there too.

Ji
On Oct 25, 2005, at 4:44 PM, Mike Collum wrote:

> That battery vent hole is one of their favorite entry spots, but those
> suckers can go nearly flat when squeezing their way in so check all
> places where wires, tubes and/or pipes traverse the cabin.  Perhaps a
> grommet has deteriorated (or been eaten away) allowing ingress.
>
> Mike
> Houlton, Maine
>
> Michael Diehr wrote:
>> In addition having my van die completely, the camping itself was a
>> never-ending battle between us and the mice.    Apparently, there are
>> ways for small mice to get inside a van even with the doors & windows
>> closed.
>>
>> I found one possible entry hole -- a breather tube? that goes into
>> the main battery box under the passenger seat.    From there they can
>> run to the driver's side battery box, and from there they have free
>> run of the cabinets and closet.
>>
>> However, even after I blocked that off they kept finding a way in.
>> Any ideas for where to look for mouse-size entry points (85 westy).
>>
>