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I evicted yet another family of mice that had taken up residence in the engine shroud. Someone suggested mothballs would repel them. It sounded reasonable, moth balls are cheap, so I thought I'd give it a go.
I threw a few in the flywheel fins because that is where the mice usually nest. When I started the engine the moth balls were instantly ground up and blown out the shroud. There was a mist of head-busting naphthalene around the tractor. I shut down the engine and stepped out of the fog until I could see straight.
The flywheel idea was right out.
Then I dropped a few wherever they would settle on and around the engine. It was all good until the hot engine evaporated the things and again there was a miasma of moth balls surrounding the tractor.
Where else was safe? I tossed a handful under the engine where they would not melt. I forgot the Bolens is a tube frame. There was a pile of mothballs on the ground.
:fing20:
Finally I put a few in the front on the little shelf formed by the metal hood and more on the large shelf under the battery. I covered it all up with a tarp figuring they will create a gas cloud under there. I just have to let it air out for a few minutes each time I pull off the tarp.
We'll see if it works.
I threw a few in the flywheel fins because that is where the mice usually nest. When I started the engine the moth balls were instantly ground up and blown out the shroud. There was a mist of head-busting naphthalene around the tractor. I shut down the engine and stepped out of the fog until I could see straight.
The flywheel idea was right out.
Then I dropped a few wherever they would settle on and around the engine. It was all good until the hot engine evaporated the things and again there was a miasma of moth balls surrounding the tractor.
Where else was safe? I tossed a handful under the engine where they would not melt. I forgot the Bolens is a tube frame. There was a pile of mothballs on the ground.
:fing20:
Finally I put a few in the front on the little shelf formed by the metal hood and more on the large shelf under the battery. I covered it all up with a tarp figuring they will create a gas cloud under there. I just have to let it air out for a few minutes each time I pull off the tarp.
We'll see if it works.