What's bigger than a mouse

Hi,
There's been something living in my recent purchase a 67 LeSabre.
I presumed it was mice.
Went to take the back seat out to clean out the mouse nest.
Oh boy those turds are 1/2" long. How can mice pull a dozen paper towel sheets, two tennis balls and two work gloves into the nest o No:

Bruce

 

Sounds like a rats nest, toxic open all the windows.
:blast:

 

I'm still trying to figure out how they got in, with no holes in the body.

Tearing out the interior looks inevitable, holes in the head liner, holes in the carpet, evidence of nests in the kick panels and over the glove box. The back of the front seat is probably packed. The seat covers they left untouched.
Bruce

 

Bruce they get in the smallest places!!

They like headliners. I would bomb it!!

Then you have to scrub like hell to get the stink out.

 

Id try and bait them to get the out, peanut butter on the trap spring- put it out on several traps for a couple of days without setting the trap-then, Wham!!- get them out intact, put a sheet under the traps so they dont leak. If you bomb it, you may have melted rat to deal with in a few weeks...:shock:
Robert

 

Check your wiring closely. Those little &(#^)$#@ like to eat wire insulation too. They can tear up a wiring harness in a hurry.

If you are messing around with the car and taking stuff out, they will probably leave, and go somewhere else you don't want them. Does the car sit outside or inside?

 

Thanks for the reply's .
I got the car about 3 weeks ago, it's been sitting outside.
Removed the back seat , vacuumed everything up. Left the seat sitting on the veranda. Removed the front kick panels, vents were left open ou: vacuumed behind the floor vents down inside the A pillar. The headliner is plugged, the base of the front seat looks good, I bet the seat back is full. Never seen anything eat thru carpet or a floor vent grill before.
Bruce

 

Hate to say this, but I would probably remove all of the interior at this point to be able to check and clean out every corner. Rodents tend to leave their dead friends and relatives laying around, and you may not know you have a few extra passengers until you go on that long cruise on a hot summer's day. :eek2:

 

Thanks, the front seat is next then the head liner. Even ate away the top of the glove box.

Anyone know wher I can get a headliner for a 67 LeSabre 4 door.

Bruce