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Subject:Re: mouse profing
From:Jim Felder
Date:Tue, 7 Aug 2012 17:10:00 -0500

I have never had a mouse in any VW van I have owned back to 1968. But I did
have a friend whose splittie ran poorly until a mouse was shot out of his
right exhaust tube.

Jim

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 5:07 PM, <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh they get in! And they always will.
>
> -craig
>
>
> On Aug 7, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > I don't see how it is possible they could get in unless some part is
> > missing, or the owner leaves a door or window open.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> > scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I don't think there is a way to keep them out really..
> >> not a practical reliable one.
> >> I have always kept some of those yellow boxes of mouse poison around ..
> >> and put those little boxes in  nooks ..say behind a rear tail light.
> >>
> >> I do this in sheds, shops etc...like under a workbench somewhere..
> >> never see any dead bodies or anything  .  It works.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/6/2012 4:50 PM, Geneva Saint-Amour wrote:
> >>
> >>> If they are dancing on engine cover, you should turn down the music.
> >>> And get a cat!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:23:21 -0700
> >>>> From: wyndotte@GOT.NET
> >>>> Subject: mouse profing
> >>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anybody know where mice get into the Westy? I can see from their
> >>>> dirty little footprints) they spend a lot of time dancing on the left
> >>>> top side of my engine cover, but there doesn't appear to be enough
> >>>> space for them to crawl up along the ac hoses, but once there they
> >>>> follow the hoses up along the back of the cabinet.
> >>>> Has anyone solved this problem?
> >>>> Thanks for this informative forum.
> >>>> Dav
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
>

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