Thanks Dan… I seen that one I’ll have to try it. Had the van 10 years no
issues. I didn’t live in a mousy area. I went camping in the whites and
decided to crash at the trail head, which was a bad idea, because this
trailhead was mouse central. I’ll spare you guys the details.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 6:16 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> >
>>
>