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Critters in the engine compartment!

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mikecaz

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I noticed the other day that some critter has been chewing up the insulation around the battery. Does anyone know if someone makes a battery box for our cars?

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mikecaz said:
I noticed the other day that some critter has been chewing up the insulation around the battery. Does anyone know if someone makes a battery box for our cars?

Thanks
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I had the same problem on an '06 GT. The battery wrap and the hood insulator pad were chewed. Talked to a Ford service dude and he said it's not uncommon for rodents to do this. He suggested placing some D-con pellets under the engine bay. I tried it and have not had a problem since then. I did have to order a new battery wrap and hood insulator though. Easy replacement but a little pricey for the parts.
 
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I had squirrels (sp) Nesting and hiding nuts in my air filter box. Used a piece of mesh to cover the inlet so they cant get in now.
 

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Check out this link that was originally done by user Emay. He had to do some customizing to the tray but its an idea for you.

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=741266
 
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Yeah I had some squirrels do 900.00$ worth of damage to my ranger engine bay. I put some moth balls under the hood to keep them out, it worked.
 

DarkFireGT

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Moth balls work great.
 

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DarkFireGT said:
Moth balls work great.
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That's what the female moths say, but I don't know if they're faking it.
 

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Good thing my cat sleeps under the carport
 
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