Insulation, or mouse nest...
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Insulation, or mouse nest...
So does anyone know if ford put some loose fill insulation in the engine valley on the 6.7 or if i have a mouse nest already.
I'm looking between the upper intake and one of the the egr pipes.
I'm looking between the upper intake and one of the the egr pipes.
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Some red coolant has a very strong bad taste. I put it in a spray bottle and squirt generator wiring harnesses to keep mice from eating our new soy based wiring..
Don't get it on the trucks majik rear harness plug though. LoLz.
Don't get it on the trucks majik rear harness plug though. LoLz.
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Red coolant? I've replaced the under hood insulation twice in my 150, hoping to prevent it on my 350.
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I noticed a single mouse dropping on my coolant expansion tank in December which, in my two month old truck, put me over the edge. I used some blue painters tape to affix some peppermint pouches to a few strategic locations under the hood...no further issues. *knock on wood*
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Just be glad the little critter did not decide to build in the dash duct work. Ask me how I know....
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I noticed a single mouse dropping on my coolant expansion tank in December which, in my two month old truck, put me over the edge. I used some blue painters tape to affix some peppermint pouches to a few strategic locations under the hood...no further issues. *knock on wood*
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On my previous F350 V10, mice made a nest on top of the engine when I was laid up for three weeks after knee surgery. They didn't like my fuel injector harness... $700 bucks later.
I've used moth *****/moth flakes with great success, I grab a few of my wife's discarded nylons and cut off the tips of the feet and use them to hold the moth ***** in the engine compartment.
Aside from my truck smelling like my Grandmother's sweaters, I haven't had any problems with rodents setting up housekeeping in my truck.
I've used moth *****/moth flakes with great success, I grab a few of my wife's discarded nylons and cut off the tips of the feet and use them to hold the moth ***** in the engine compartment.
Aside from my truck smelling like my Grandmother's sweaters, I haven't had any problems with rodents setting up housekeeping in my truck.
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Even more interesting was the snake that climbed up into the breather box to get to the mouse family. Apparently that's when I decided to drive somewhere - or the snake wasn't able to find it's way out. When I opened the breather box the snake was dead and there was one dead baby mouse left in the nest.
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My problem is raccoons at our local campground. Twice on my 150 they have shredded the under hood insulation. We had a two week old Ford Edge and the first might at the campground they did they did the same thing to it. I checked with several adjacent campers (all non Ford vehicles) and none were damaged. It's either something with the Ford insulation, or the raccoons have it in for us. We've tried mothballs, repellants and the high-frequency noise makers, but they just keep coming.
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Interesting thread. I'm 61 years old and in all these years have only found one mouse nest in any of my vehicles. Not that there couldn't have been a few that I didn't know about, but I never found any during routine maintenance, and never had any malfunctions related to mice chewing on things.
What is it about these trucks that mice like so much?
What is it about these trucks that mice like so much?
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