Keeping the critters out?

So I'm not going to be able to do anything with the Durango until sometime next year. It's going to have to sit outside for the winter.

Is there anything I can do to keep the mice out of the interior and squirrels out of the engine compartment?

My dad swears by blocks of cedar placed all through the vehicle.

Are there any rust holes in the body? If so you're out of luck. Otherwise, plug the exhaust pipes and air intakes.

Old wives tales about Bounce dryer sheets or Irish Spring soap or mothballs are just that - old wives tales, they don't work.

Set it on greased jackstands, throw some glue traps on the floor inside.

stuart in mn wrote: Are there any rust holes in the body? If so you're out of luck. Otherwise, plug the exhaust pipes and air intakes. Old wives tales about Bounce dryer sheets or Irish Spring soap or mothballs are just that - old wives tales, they don't work.

No rust holes in the body.

Thanks for the heads up, someone already recommended dryer sheets to me.

stuart in mn wrote: Are there any rust holes in the body? If so you're out of luck. Otherwise, plug the exhaust pipes and air intakes. Old wives tales about Bounce dryer sheets or Irish Spring soap or mothballs are just that - old wives tales, they don't work.

The one about bags of tobacco leaf does actually work though. And for plugging pipes/opening, use steel wool. Mice absolutely will not touch the stuff

I used to get those seasonal deposits in the lifter valley, air box, under hood electrical center etc. until I started using dryer sheets. After that no more problem. Stinkier the better. Works for me.

Can't just be a coincidence as I had problems for repetitive years before that.

I've seen mice make nests out of dryer sheets.

100% success rate with dryer sheets for me - has to be the super stinky ones though.

Glue traps and snap traps are super cheap, so I'd load them all over the place. I've also read on the Subaru forums about spraying the engine bay with ammonia or ammonia based glass cleaner. They don't like the smell.
Those little SOB's can get into a hole the size of a dime.

Not steel wool - use copper mesh. I've found chew marks in Irish Spring soap bars, so they don't work, in my experience.

My vehicles spend a lot of time in my pole barn, which I jokingly say belongs to the mice and chipmunks, they just let me use it.

I used this stuff in the E30 and the GTO last winter and it seemed to work great:

Nice thing is that the odor is pleasant to humans (well, at least to me), but rodents supposedly hate it. Another good-smelling and non-poisonous option is peppermint oil. Put some on a cotton ball and put the cotton ball on a small plate or something inside the car.