Interesting Discovery Under Hood Fuse Box...

[swathdiver]

When renting storage units, we put down borax along the perimeter and often put the boxes on pallets. This I think helps reduce mold on non-airconditioned units and one time would have prevented loss of stuff when a tornado ripped the roof off and water flooded the floor by about 1/2 an inch.

We use borax in the garage too. I didn't know drier sheets also work against rodents.

 

[OR VietVet]

When renting storage units, we put down borax along the perimeter and often put the boxes on pallets. This I think helps reduce mold on non-airconditioned units and one time would have prevented loss of stuff when a tornado ripped the roof off and water flooded the floor by about 1/2 an inch.

We use borax in the garage too. I didn't know drier sheets also work against rodents.

Yes, drier sheets work and I know about the granulated soap around the edges. The rodents don't like the smell or walking across the powder.

 

[nonickatall]

Mice or chipmunks. Believe it, they are in there.

But If, a mice or chipmunk, then with a pretty good taste for cars....

so to speak: truck afficionado rodents..

 

[Fless]

The borax is deadly to ants, and they carry it back to their nests.

 

[SilverSport]

in my case, no animal infestation...no damaged wiring, no feces, no urine...no nothing...it has not returned and I still check it often...possibly something done when under prior ownership...

a previous F150 I had I used mothball packets to keep squirrels out who had tried to make their Winter home under its hood...only downside was smelled like Grandma's house every time you drove it...

Good luck with yours...

 

[lyncht1967]

as others have said, check underneath of fuse box as well. get some peppermint oil (rodents hate the stuff) from dollar store and squirt some underneath and in top part of fuse box..had a critter once a few years ago..did that..and nothing since. i re-apply every other oil change

 

[SilverSport]

good advice if you have critters...

Bill

 

[BatsTDK]

I had something similar happen in my fuse box... suddenly noticed gnaw marks on the tops of the fuses and some poop in there. Unusual for me in Southern California.