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Dave (NE) 
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 9:47am |
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Was smelling mice a lot with the one-eighty. Was evident smell was coming from under the cover in front of the instrument panel. Took the cover off and it was 3/4 full of mice nest and other nice stuff. Got it pretty much cleaned out, and am going to use the air compressor to blow out the remaining bits. Left the cover off so it could air/dry out. If I put moth balls under the cover when it is reinstalled, would they be corrosive and eat at the metal? Any other suggestions to keep the mice out? Thanks, Dave
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 10:21am |
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Dakota Dave
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 10:52am |
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I had moth balls in My camper mice nested in the next drawer. the mice also nested in a Drier sheet box in my camper. Grandpa Gus mouse repellent seams to work OK moth balls if they get wet will cause corrosion. The only effective thing for mice is a couple barn cats. my wife is allergic to cats but barn cats don't bother her. I put a outdoor dog house in the barn with a warmer bed in it. keep fresh water and we give them food every evening so their conditioned to stick around. I have a small cat opening in one sliding door. make sure your cats are fixed and you need two or three cats one will never stick around. don't get your cats from a pet store get some good barn cats from a farm.
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tractorboy
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 1:18pm |
I use moth balls.... but it could be the black snakes  that find their way under the shed !! keith so. va.
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 1:55pm |
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Best thing to do is get rid of them. Cats, poison, snakes, nukes, whatever it takes! Tomcat works the best for me. Don't put the poison on or in the machine, will just attract them to it. Put it in the building where they can find it easily. I am vigilant about keeping them 'fed'! Stupid coons like it too, they can consume lots. It gets them in the end but not cost effective. Had one stray cat that ate it too, had.
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 2:39pm |
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put mouse bait around the base of the building.. put a few moth balls in a kids sock and tie it up under the dash.
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 2:42pm |
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DITTO on the barn cats. I have a bunch around the barns and never even see evidence of a mouse.
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 4:58pm |
Might try 1 of those sticky traps under the dash cover. May have to cut in half to fit. Also screw it, glue it or tape down so it doesn't move. I know you don't wont to catch all the wires! Cats, bait , moth balls etc wont catch the 1 that's visiting you. check often & remove mouse with long needle nose or you may end up like the mouse. Eddie
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 5:50pm |
 Dave (NE) wrote:
Was smelling mice a lot with the one-eighty. Was evident smell was coming from under the cover in front of the instrument panel. Took the cover off and it was 3/4 full of mice nest and other nice stuff. Got it pretty much cleaned out, and am going to use the air compressor to blow out the remaining bits. Left the cover off so it could air/dry out. If I put moth balls under the cover when it is reinstalled, would they be corrosive and eat at the metal? Any other suggestions to keep the mice out? Thanks, Dave
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Mothballs are not corrosive. While on the subject, I think the most corrosive agent out there, aside from battery acid, is mouse piss! 
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 6:00pm |
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Maybe try the resetting mouse bucket ramp tramps?
They are flip lid and roller on rod types.
The roller can be made with pop can, hanger, and 5 gal bucket.
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 6:01pm |
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Close up all the openings with more metal? Mice can get thru 1/4" openings.
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Dave Richards (WV)
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Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 8:20pm |
If you have tractor mice, check the clutch housing.
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Leon B MO
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Posted: 16 Jul 2022 at 3:43pm |
I probably spend couple $100 bucks a year on cat food. Best money spent. As said above, barn cats are the best solution. Mice around farm equipment is horrible, especially combines. Nieghbor had mice get into his big Deere combine wiring, he spent $10,000 on a new wiring harness. I actually leave the door open on the R62 and many mornings, there is a cat sitting on the seat cushion. I feed them every morning, just enough to keep them hungry enough to hunt. Just yesterday I saw a momma cat bring a live mouse from the bins for her kittens to "play" with. Many mornings they get bones or table scraps from dinner the night before.
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Posted: 16 Jul 2022 at 5:51pm |
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i've bought peppermint oil at the grocery store and soaked cotton balls in it, placed them around anywhere i didn't want mice, buy 2-3 bottles of it, takes alot of cotton balls cuz i gots lots of places to put them, that's the ingrediants of granda gus's and lots cheaper. now if i can find something to keep squirrels out and away from wiring!
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 16 Jul 2022 at 6:52pm |
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Try a product called "cab fresh". I don't know how to link it to here or anything, but it comes right up with a Google search
Darrel
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Posted: 17 Jul 2022 at 3:20pm |
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Go with mint/peppermint leaves or oil (if you grow them make sure they don't escape the container or you'll have it all over the farm).
Get a 'Tin Cat' trap (Victor brand, local hardware store or amazon).
Here's a good mouse trap youtube channel. He shows traps from the 1800s, the bucket traps mentioned previously, and others.
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022 at 11:31pm |
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leave a few bars of original irish spring soap around , leaves a good not over powering smell and they stay away from it
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Steve in NJ
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Posted: 19 Jul 2022 at 7:48am |
Glue traps seem to work good for me. Just havta' check em' once in a while to see if you had a visitor that "stayed"..... Them varmits used to build a condo in the toolbox of my B, till I started putting a glue trap in there. Got three on one trap one year! Last year I forgot to put a fresh trap in the toolbox, and wouldn't ya know this past Spring there was another condo built in there and they ate the wiring too this time! Damn Varmits! Had to build myself a new wiring system!
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 19 Jul 2022 at 9:24am |
Steve in NJ wrote:
Glue traps seem to work good for me. Just havta' check em' once in a while to see if you had a visitor that "stayed"..... Them varmits used to build a condo in the toolbox of my B, till I started putting a glue trap in there. Got three on one trap one year! Last year I forgot to put a fresh trap in the toolbox, and wouldn't ya know this past Spring there was another condo built in there and they ate the wiring too this time! Damn Varmits! Had to build myself a new wiring system!
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At least you have access to a wiring harness professional 😂😂 Darrel
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Posted: 20 Jul 2022 at 10:07am |
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I use Grandpa Gus products. Only because it helps with the smell. They don't work either. Put those bags in the grain trucks several times a year and several of them. They still in it. Sprayed gus's mouse spray under pickup hood. Little bastards still in there. Had a mouse eat part of a cab fresh brand packet and had that stuff inside the bag across half the cab. And same for Irish spring, little bastards ate half the bar in the combine that i placed in there one year. I leave the combine door open and cats sit on the seat has been the best preventive the past couple years. Wife does put Gus's bags all the over the camper when it sits in my shop for the winter. That does seem to work somewhat.
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