From: Mark W (mnm3693234@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Nov 01 2005 - 06:06:20 PST
I have heard you can take a bar of deodorant soap and
put it in your vehicle to keep rodents out.
Mark
--- G Shaw <milspectruck@verizon.net> wrote:
> I have used moth balls. They work well on rats and
> mice that love to eat
> everything in your truck.
> Glenn
>
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> Subject: Re: [MV] Detroit Diesel paint, Gama Goat
> filters, and rodent
> killage
>
>
> I've heard that using mothballs can keep rodents out
> of areas. I think
> I read it on a classic collectors car page or
> something.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with using mothballs
> to repel critters?
>
> There are some high frequency sound devices also
> that claim to repel
> rodents. I have no experience with them.
>
> Speaking of rodents - does anyone have a good way to
> keep Racoons out of
> their outbuildings?? I'm really getting tired of
> trapping and shooting
> those critters.
>
> Dave
>
>
> Mark J. Blair, NF6X wrote:
> > Do any of y'all know where I can get some suitable
> paint for touching
> > up
> > the light blue on my M561 Gama Goat's Detroit 3-53
> engine? The local
> > auto parts shop didn't have any engine paints that
> matched it well. I'm
> > guessing that it's probably a standard color that
> was common on Detroits
> > of that era.
> >
> > I'll probably want to replace all of my Goat's
> filters soon, too. If
> > any
> > of y'all have favorite sources, have recommended
> cross-references, etc.,
> > I'd appreciate hearing about them.
> >
> > After letting it set for a year or two, I'm
> getting my Gama Goat
> > running
> > again. I live out in a rural area, surrounded by
> citrus groves and open
> > fields. Various rodents are very common out here,
> and they love to nest
> > inside vehicles. They make nests out of large
> sticks, insulation chewed
> > off the insides of the vehicles, dog turds,
> various greenery, etc. Once
> > they move in, the crap and pee all over
> everything, and fight off
> > boredom by chewing on any any convenient wires.
> They chewed up the
> > wiring in my Bobcat badly enough that it was
> immobilized until I made
> > repairs. Opening the hood on my Goat, I found that
> the space between the
> > fan and radiator is packed with sticks and
> greenery. It's gonna take me
> > hours to clean it out enough to even try cranking
> the engine. Luckily,
> > the only chewed wire I've seen so far is the spark
> plug wire for the air
> > box heater, and that's not critical here because
> it never gets cold
> > enough to need it.
> >
> > So, can anybody suggest ways to keep them out of
> my vehicles and/or
> > die
> > painful deaths? I cannot use poisons, because my
> dogs would be too
> > likely to catch and eat poisoned rats, nosh on
> their poisoned corpses,
> > etc. Eradicating the local rat population is an
> impossibility, because
> > there's just way too much land around here that's
> very hospitable to
> > them. Thus, I think my only remaining option is to
> convince them to live
> > somewhere other than inside my vehicles.
> >
> > TIA
> >
>
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