E30 mouse nest in glove box

Heater air intake?

Mice chew insulation on wires. They s*it. They piss. This is not good. It was building a nest there.

Isn't the heater air intake through the two cowel vents at the base of the windshield? Those aren't damaged and are screened well enough to keep a mouse out, or so it seems.

I checked some other likely places like where the heating and refrigeration hoses pass thru the firewall. Also the big wiring harness which enters right behind the glove box. All are seled up just fine.

Christopher

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Mice can get in through a hole that is dime-sized (US dime, about 11/16" diameter). The A/C drain hole is probably big enough. There are also penetrations for the clutch, brake and throttle, drain holes in the trunk, the gearshift (they wouldn't have to chew through the boot - there's room in the console attachment.), etc.

FloydR

As it is an E30 Convertible, the mouse could have come in from anywhere, just like the water does! ;-)

And if there isn't hole the little barstards will make one.

Is there spilled / waste food in your car? Mice will chew plastic etc., but it does not nourish them.

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote in news:1174308136.005680.155670 @l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

I've used those dryer sheets to ward off rodents. Especially if i'm storing the car for a while. Like that stuff Bounce .. put a sheet in the glove box, trunk, engine compartment.

The critters don't like the smell