On 10/17/2015 11:59 AM, songbird wrote:
in my car! phew it stinks!

it's not in the heating system, it wasn't under
the back seat, but i did find a nest under the
carpeting along the edge of the back seat. no
dead mouse in it though. it's not under or in the
wheel well for the spare. nor is it anywhere i
can see along the edges of the trunk or under
that carpeting.

what i need is a nice enough day again where i
can air the car out and then sit there and see if
i can trace the stink back to the source (yes, i'll
have a shower sometime before then).

thanks to youtube i was able to find out how to
take out the back seats. there was some chewing
going on in the foam under there and a stinky spot
where the mice were peeing but not nearly as bad
as i expected it to be. no dead mouse tho.

any other ideas of spots to look? i've looked
in the central console where the shifter and parking
brake are at, also looked up under the dash, but see
no signs of anything like mouse nest. it may be in
one of the side panels along the seats in the back
but that might take some study to figure out how to
get into those places.

or i just leave it to stink up the car until it
freeze dries this winter? ew... ah well...


songbird


Did you check the engine compartment? Animals like to enter there after
the car has stopped due to the warmth. He could be cooking somewhere in
there.

Reminds me of an incident many moons ago. I loaned my car to my dad.
When he returned it, I could smell the stench of a decaying corpse. I
found a possum fried to the side of the engine. I took the car to a
local service station and offered the kid $25 to get it out. The elder
mechanics egged him on to go for it. He reached down and grabbed a paw.
After a yank, the paw came off but the animal still remained. The kid
took a 10 minute breather after gagging, choking and almost puking. His
co-workers were laughing their asses off as was I but they stilled egged
him on. He finally took a broom handle and force it through to the
bottom while all of us were laughing hysterically. It was the best and
most entertaining $25 I ever spent.