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Is there oil in the engine and the master cylinder?
 
89 Fox 351 said:
Paid a visit to Foxy Green today. Lots of mouse shit in the car. The dryer sheets aren't don't a fuckin thing to deter them, but the car smells nice. I put some peppermint in there, hopefully it helps

I didn't come across any chewed wires, but the little fucks tried to get into my fuel cell through the vent. I think once they got it chewed up enough to smell gasoline they gave up on that plan

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Put a couple bars of Irish Spring soap in your car (not kidding)
 
Speed said:
Put a couple bars of Irish Spring soap in your car (not kidding)
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I've heard that works. I've also heard sometimes the mice (or something) nibble on the bars. I have seen mothballs work. Had some 40s cars with mohair upholstery, dosed them heavily with mothballs to prevent moth damage and the mise stayed away. Tried it on other cars and they stayed mouse free also.
 
Yoyodyne said:
I've heard that works. I've also heard sometimes the mice (or something) nibble on the bars. I have seen mothballs work. Had some 40s cars with mohair upholstery, dosed them heavily with mothballs to prevent moth damage and the mise stayed away. Tried it on other cars and they stayed mouse free also.
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I heard dryer sheets from a few people, so I tried them. It looks like they'll avoid the sheets, so if you pack them in appropriate entry points I bet they work, but the general scent does nothing to deter them.

My car has too many entry points right now, even though it's 20 inches in the air
 
89 Fox 351 said:
I heard dryer sheets from a few people, so I tried them. It looks like they'll avoid the sheets, so if you pack them in appropriate entry points I bet they work, but the general scent does nothing to deter them.

My car has too many entry points right now, even though it's 20 inches in the air
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Actually, this is golden!

I'm not kidding, for $20 I bet you could rubber band 3-4 mouse traps on each jack stand.

It would be like a Roman fortress.
 
89 Fox 351 said:
I heard dryer sheets from a few people, so I tried them. It looks like they'll avoid the sheets, so if you pack them in appropriate entry points I bet they work, but the general scent does nothing to deter them.

My car has too many entry points right now, even though it's 20 inches in the air
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Spray some of this on the jack stands.
Code Blue Fox Urine , 2-Ounce https://a.co/d/9tTQaKG

I have made 12" plexiglass discs with a hole in the middle and put them on the jack stands where the post goes into the base. Mice have a lot of trouble getting around them. They have to be tight enough that the mice can't squeeze through the hole and climb up.
 
SRGN said:
Spray some of this on the jack stands.
Code Blue Fox Urine , 2-Ounce https://a.co/d/9tTQaKG

I have made 12" plexiglass discs with a hole in the middle and put them on the jack stands where the post goes into the base. Mice have a lot of trouble getting around them. They have to be tight enough that the mice can't squeeze through the hole and climb up.
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Glad to see you posting!!!
We were worried about you.
 
I had a neighbors cat bring dead animals and hiding them in my Camaro when I first got it. Put a pan of antifreeze out and the cat stopped coming around for some unknown reason....
I heard Irish spring soap works.
 
89 Fox 351 said:
Tried to get under the car today and make a list so I can pound away at a few things. The rain had other plans. Probably washes away most of the evidence of leaks too which fucks me up



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in my opinion I would drive it to work the bugs out first it might have a leak because the seal took a set from sitting so long before running it a few heat cycle could get it to seal
 
89 Fox 351 said:
I'm not really sure how to properly break a car in where everything is new.

Engine
Rear diff
Trans
Brakes

They all have their own procedure, pretty sure you just ignore all of that and just do burnouts
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OEM Camaro probably get started and stopped a lot during transport. Then straight to the test drive and customer ownership. Supposed to last over 100k miles.

Not sure if what you've assembled is supposed to go that long without "reconditioning" but I'd probably take it easy on the clutch materials and everything else would probably fall into place 🤷‍♂️
 
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