Someone gave me this tip against mice...

Get peppermint oil and cotton balls... Soak the cotton balls with
peppermint oil and put them around in the van... Putting some in the
instrument cluster cavity is a good idea.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 3:08 PM Tom C <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mice are the worst!
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 4:38 PM Raimund Feussner <ray@v6bus.de> wrote:
>
> > Hhmm...close, but not exact.
> > They might not lock into position,
> > or the connector lid won´t close (which holds the terminal in place).
> >
> > I haven´t compared your suggestion with the originals, but the spring
> > part of the originals is not solid.It has a gap in the middle, dividing
> > it basiclly into two half-wide springs.
> >
> > On the other hand, your finding is way closer to what I found :-)
> >
> >
> > Am 11.03.2022 um 22:29 schrieb Dan N:
> > > I sent these links to Tom... but resend it for you all...
> > >
> > > See page 7 on bottom right (TERM481) is the closest
> > >
> > > https://connectorexperts.com/c-1458515.7-terminals.html
> > >
> > > https://connectorexperts.com/c-1458515-terminals.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 1:18 PM Raimund Feussner<ray@v6bus.de>  wrote:
> > >
> > >> "Spring contact terminal"
> > >> VW mentions them as
> > >> 000979102E
> > >> a yellow repair wire with two crimped ends, but of course NLA. No
> single
> > >> terminals to be seen...
> > >>
> > >> I bet it´s something Tyco, or AMP, or whatever was en vogue at that
> > time.
> > >> But with no starting point for research, it´s difficult.
> > >>
> > >> Regards
> > >> Raimund
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Am 11.03.2022 um 18:48 schrieb Tom C:
> > >>> Does anyone know where to get the electrical connectors that go into
> > the
> > >>> big white connector for the instrument cluster? And all those other
> > type
> > >> of
> > >>> folding white connectors? Mouse at a wire so I’m cleaning up all the
> > >> burnt
> > >>> wires. Thanks fellas tom
> >
>