[100% veg*n ] Getting, and keeping, mice out of my vehicle?

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Does anyone know where I can find a diagram of the ventilation systemof a 2002 Chevrolet Express 2500 cargo van? Assuming I can find theexhaust openings, anyone know how to safely mouse-proof them withoutcompletely blocking air circulation?

sorry man, well out of my league now.....

contact the dealership maybe....

and, to block them, i'd use steel wool...stainless steel wool

Jim Sinclair Nov 15, 2009 2:26 PM [100% veg*n ] Re: Getting, and keeping, mice out of my vehicle?

 

 

 

Mice are still getting into my van.I think they're getting in near the back. I've had half my traps setin the front of the van, and half in the back. All four of the micethat I've caught so far were in traps in the rear of the van.My mother's neighbor (a retired car professional of some sort) thinksthey're coming in through the ventilation system, through the rearventilation opening. I don't know where to find that opening. He saidto look near the wheel wells. I didn't see any visible openings, but Idid see mouse droppings on top of the right rear wheel well.The owner's manual says this about the ventilation system: "Yourvehicle's flow-through ventilation system supplies outside air to theinside of your vehicle when it is moving. With the side windowsclosed, air will flow into the front inlet grilles at the base of thewindshield, through the vehicle and out of the rear exhaust valve."Then it talks about the adjustable heating and air conditioning ventson the front instrument panel, and says that there are similaradjustable vents in the back, if the vehicle has rear heating or rearair conditioning.My van does not have rear heating or air conditioning. It's a cargovan, and didn't even have a rear seat, until I had one put in. Soapparently I'm looking for the rear exhaust valve, as a probable mouseentry point.The manual doesn't say where that is.Does anyone know where I can find a diagram of the ventilation systemof a 2002 Chevrolet Express 2500 cargo van? Assuming I can find theexhaust openings, anyone know how to safely mouse-proof them withoutcompletely blocking air circulation?Jim Sinclair jisincla (AT) syr (DOT) eduwww.jimsinclair.orghttp://moosepuppy.petfinder.com

 

 

 

You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me!

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On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:10 PM, fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote:

 

> and, to block them, i'd use steel wool...stainless steel wool

 

Can't block the ventilation openings like that. It would be dangerous.

Fine wire mesh, maybe, but not steel wool. If it is the ventilation

system they're getting in through, the fix would have to be something

that still allows air circulation.

 

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