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Mar 22, 2023 · There was consistently rat poop underneath my car after each night. I also found rat poop under the hood but no nesting signs. So, even with peppermint oil sprayed under the car, and mothballs and cat litter under the hood, a rat still went into the hood and explored around. I wiped everything down with Lysol and have started putting a bleach ...

Honda used this tape to repair my windshield wipers after rodents chewed the wires. 5 days later had to take it back in and the rodents ate every bit of that rodent proof tape. Car is always in garage when not n use finally shoved mothballs inside hood and left it up when not in use. That worked-not sure if it was both in combo or just hood

Nov 23, 2021 · Sadly it doesn't workt anymore when I added aluminum. So I needed to add a extra layer aluminum on the button of the box. So I can now measure, if the circuit is closed. Also if the rat stay on the floor aluminum and lay on a direction aluminum. It's was quite fun …

Got 3M car spray. Sprayed it on all possible places that rat has been or will be. I wasnt sure how to judge the effectiveness of the spray since I found rat droppings the day after I sprayed it. ( Did continued it for the next couple of weeks) The next point was to change the position of the car or the parking spot. Every 12 hrs. Tobacco leaves.

Ok I had a rat do 7k worth of damage to my car earlier this year. It ate rubber parts cv axels and steering arm boots and wires. We did have to trap the rat. But the car was in the shop for a month. You will need to clean all the parts the rat has touched as they can leave an odor that lets them know it's a safe place.

Jan 4, 2021 · a blinking LED under the hood (I’ve seen specific references to the Rid-a-rat, but $45 seems kind of expensive for what it is, though obviously less than rewiring the car) blinking Christmas lights under the hood various essential oils (peppermint, eucalyptus) Irish Spring soap

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May 24, 2012 · If the car can coast, you are looking at minimizing the losses in the system (reduce friction, limit wheel slip). If the string is fixed (the car stops at the end of the travel) then it's a situation of getting the highest gear (pulley) ratio that the force of the rat trap can move.