Mice with a taste for Liberty

Dutchy · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:50 am

To my horror I discovered mice have been feasting on my KJ, they chewed away most of the cheap grey packaging stuff which is located under the hood and than they started nibbling on the harness of the main wiring around the battery.

I checked the airbox for a nest but could not find any and I soaked all the electrical cables and connectors in WD40 hopefully this will leave them with a bad taste and go away.

Does anybody have the same experience?
Is there anything else I can do?

Thanks!

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:18 am

Declare war! You are not alone!

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Guest · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:18 am

Vinegar, my friend. Vinegar.

They're making a nest...check your airbox and make sure that the nest isn't in THERE :wink:

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:03 am

I had some nibble at the pad under the hood once after I parked in a grassy area over night.

Are you parking over grass or anything like that? Set some mouse traps around your Jeep before you park if it continues.

05JeepKJ · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:22 am

Also Irish Spring Soap bars work also.

Landy · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:14 pm

Get a cat and put it in there.

Dutchy · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:18 pm

Jeepjeepster wrote:

I had some nibble at the pad under the hood once after I parked in a grassy area over night.

Are you parking over grass or anything like that? Set some mouse traps around your Jeep before you park if it continues.

I'm in the middle of nowhere dead straight in the middle of the Scottish highlands so that does not help, the KJ is parked over night on my gravel drive.

I keep mice from the house and shed by electronic gadgets that use the electric wiring system to deter mice by magnetic impulse, this works wonders, I did not have mice in my house and shed for over 2 years now.

My KJ is protected during the day as a tom cat patrols the parking lot where my wife parks the KJ, he even sleeps on the hood, he is very welcome to do so!

I have set some traps with peanut butter around the engine (that's a first) and I will see what nibbles on my KJ by the morning.

Gopher · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:25 pm

Any fields around the gravel road? Maybe the mice are just coming in at night from the fields. If the vinegar doesn't work, I would try owls. Put up some owl boxes or even those fake owls (if they sell them over there. Everyone puts fake owls on their roofs here on the island to keep the gulls away).

KJ-BOL · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:34 pm

you are not alone....
another rodent - squirrel - chewed up the beginning part of my wiring harness
$700 later insurance covered partially
Dealer had to replace the whole thing

_UnLiMiTeD_ · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:38 pm

same thing happend to my grandparents sunfire, one day the car wouldnt start, found out the mice chewed up the harness wires. Costly fix

Dutchy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:13 am

Yep, I opened the hood this morning to find two mice in the traps, I think I will have to put the traps in every evening and remove them in the morning from now on.
A friend of mine who lives here for a long time told me that it's not a rare problem this time of the year as the mice look for a place to stay for the winter, they should be gone when it gets colder.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:51 am

If you have a garage, seal up all holes no matter how small with "Great Stuff" put insulation strips at the bottom of the garage door and entry doors.

pokefan · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:13 pm

Dutchy wrote:

it's not a rare problem this time of the year as the mice look for a place to stay for the winter, they should be gone when it gets colder.

Yep, obviously I'm not from Scotland but I know the feeling. EVERY winter I get mice and our dumb big ol' boxer runs from 'em. Some guard dog huh? Hope you get 'em out.

-Thunderbird
What does the vinegar do? Drown or poison them?

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