>I live in the middle of farm land, park my 84 GL in a
>machine shed with a concrete floor.  Field mice are always a
>problem in boxes (etc.) but last year they invaded my
>Vanagon ventilation system.
    (snip)
>The last thing I want to do is kill them and smell dead
>mice.  I drive the Vanagon every day, apparently the warmth
>attracts them.

We had that problem in the hills east of San Jose... until we got a cat.
Poof-- never saw/heard/smelled another mouse.

OTOH, we lost the opportunity to double the power of the engine with
a mouse treadmill... (sigh)

 -Steve Maher   smaher@gi.com   '71 VW Transporter