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O/T hot rods and pole barns

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pperry

10-16-2005 16:38:03




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my sister just moved in a new place and has room to store my mustang in her pole barn. the barn has a dirt floor & plenty of gaps around the doors. i would love to free up some room in my garage, {for my tractor restos}but i am worried about mice tearing up my car. she lives in mid michigan where it gets cold and alot of snow. she is in the country with a large yard and surrounded by crop fields. the previous owner had a semi truck & a classic car store in there. do you'all have any good solutions or ideas about keeping mice out of my car.
i myself have penty of mice on my five acres, but they seem to stay in the sheds and wood piles. she lives about 2 hours away from me so i wouldnt be able to keep a eye on any of those little critters. thanks

perry in michigan

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BobinKY

10-18-2005 05:06:34




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 Re: O/T hot rods and pole barns in reply to pperry, 10-16-2005 16:38:03  
For what it is worth, I have a friend who works for the local RV company. They spread Bounce fabric softener sheets in their motor homes and they have not had any trouble with mice since. I have put out the D-Con mice poison and I have not seen a mouse since then. If I were storing a classic, I would definately put down heavy plastic, at least two sheets, I would get the car up on blocks even if you leave the wheels on it, and I would put D-Con around under the car. You could put Bounce fabric softeners in the car, but I don't like the smell. Hope this helps.

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Mike S

10-18-2005 04:58:47




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 Re: O/T hot rods and pole barns in reply to pperry, 10-16-2005 16:38:03  
I've had good luck with moth balls. Just place them in various places on and in the car and the mice don't seem to bother them. You have to replace them about once a month, tho. When you need to use the car, just pull it outside and roll down all the windows and the odor will go away fairly quickly.



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jfp

10-17-2005 06:58:58




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 Re: O/T hot rods and pole barns in reply to pperry, 10-16-2005 16:38:03  
I had a 67 mustang that I parked in a pole garage for about 3 years. If you do this , I recomend puting some construction plastic down before parking it and get it up on blocks. After 3 years sitting my floor pans rusted out from the moisture rising up from the dirt floor. Bad on tires too.



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kyhayman

10-16-2005 20:37:29




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 Re: O/T hot rods and pole barns in reply to pperry, 10-16-2005 16:38:03  
Last winter the mice ate $96.00 worth of poison. Bought 5 gallon pails of it, but they didnt eat up my stuff.



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Mike M

10-17-2005 05:17:04




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 Re: O/T hot rods and pole barns in reply to kyhayman, 10-16-2005 20:37:29  
My mice seem to eat very little but hide alot of those pellets everywhere. I find it in everything.

I saw an ad in some car book for giant plastic bags you drive your car in it seal it up and suck out the air vacume packing it.Don't remember where maybe an MG parts book ?



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OK-AL

10-16-2005 19:28:46




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 Re: O/T hot rods and pole barns in reply to pperry, 10-16-2005 16:38:03  
I park most of my vehicles in my pole barn. Lots of mice, etc. Two problems: One, i've got a classic car that's mostly disassembled that's sat there for about 6 months. I thought that I had all openings into the car sealed, but mice got into the back seat and made a nest. Didn't do any damage, maybe I caught it in time.

The only other problem I had was with my Corvette that I used as a daily driver. One morning I started it up and it had a miss. So I shut it off and opened the hood. Seems that a mouse had decided that one of my brand new spark plug wires looked good enough to eat. About 2 inches of insulation was missing from one of the wires. The exposed wire was shorting to the valve cover. Cost me a new set of wires just to replace that one!

Other than a good barn cat, I don't know of any way to keep mice away from a car. Hope somebody else does.

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Rusty Scupper

10-17-2005 09:23:51




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 Re: O/T hot rods and pole barns in reply to OK-AL, 10-16-2005 19:28:46  
I have heard Bounce dryer sheets will keep them away. Going to give that a shot this year.

I have 5 barn cats and that doesn't seem to work. I think they are to lazy to catch a mouse.



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Brian Schmidt

10-17-2005 18:43:11




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 Re: O/T hot rods and pole barns in reply to Rusty Scupper, 10-17-2005 09:23:51  
The cats will get much less lazy if you quit feeding them. Works every time.



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Stickler

10-18-2005 14:39:48




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 Re: O/T hot rods and pole barns in reply to Brian Schmidt, 10-17-2005 18:43:11  
That's funny! Our young barn cats (<1yr old) will still eat cat food, but the older ones won't touch it. They eat birds, mice and chicken feed. The older ones are fatter than house cats!



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pperry

10-18-2005 04:04:06




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 Re: O/T hot rods and pole barns in reply to Brian Schmidt, 10-17-2005 18:43:11  
maybe ill keep my car in my garage and start filling my sisters barn with tractors insted.{haha} would carpet on the garage floor under my car help with moisture ????.



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