Got a car with a mousey smell used a bucket of damprid and some air freshener type thing gel in a jar that supposedly absorbed odors (found at lowes). Smell is fading fast obviousky cleanup any signs of a nest.  Good luck and nice find

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On Oct 25, 2011, at 10:27 AM, craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Well last weekend I had the pleasure of finally acquiring my new bus, a 1990
> GL.
> It's burgundy in color with paint in PERFECT shape, full Carat Body Cladding
> and alloy wheels (all in pretty good shape) and only two rusty seams (Easy
> enough to cover up).
> It's an automatic transmission bus, my first, as well as having only 66,000
> miles on it.
> 
> Why did I need another bus?
> I didn't. It was $350! : )
> 
> My current gameplan is to get it back on the road (it's been off for 3 or 4
> years) and run it all winter. This will allow me to take my Zetec converted
> '85 rusty bus off the road and spend the time taking the engine out and
> putting it in my syncro westfalia to be ready for the spring. Hopefully I
> can bring this bus back to life relatively easily. It was parked because the
> starter was going bad and finally "just stopped working" Sure enough, I
> pulled the starter off and the cable going between the starter body and the
> solenoid was completely broken in two with corrosion, so it should be a
> relatively simple fix. Hopefully I have a replacement starter on the way
> soon and can go from there.
> I ended up renting a trailer and towing it home as I had to tow home my
> syncro as well (Blew a rod clean off the crank! So completely detached it
> still runs on 3 cylinders now that i've removed the two bent/gouged
> pushrods! Two lifters are "gone")
> 
> I have a few questions though.
> 
> First, what's the trick to getting rid of mouse odor? Mice lived in the bus.
> While towing it (on a Uhaul Trailer) I followed in my silver bus and at a
> stop light, saw a mouse fall out onto the trailer, run around confused, then
> fall onto the road where he was promptly splattered by my tire. The bus
> smells strongly of mice, where should i begin?
> 
> Secondly, suspension wise is a 90 GL the same as a CARAT? I want to turn
> this one into a low and well cornering bus (Polar opposite of my giant
> syncro). What are people running for springs, shocks, and sway bars to
> make a sleek road going machine?
> 
> Lastly, my electric windows don't work, where should i start? Do these
> motors just get seized in place and if so, are they able to be brought back
> to life with the help of penetrating lubricants?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Craig
> '85GL turned WESTY
> Turned 7 Passanger
> Zetec in the back
> '87 SUNROOF Syncro
> Turned WEsty
> 3 Cylinder WBXer in the back
> '90GL Auto
> Dead in the water
>