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13-07-2006, 09:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Driving my Tickford T3 Wagon in Sydney
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Hey all,
On my AU II Wagon i have an ant problem. First noticed it when I got the car back from Ford after doing some more rust repairs. Dont you love living near the ocean? When I inspected the car when I got it back I found a lot of ants, probably in the hundreds in sitting on the door sill. Got out a clean terry towl and brushed them away. I told Ford and they took a note of it. But now the ants are back. Rang my dealer and was told that it was my problem. Since it has been week or two since I picked the car up. So how do I get rid of ants? My dealer is not helping me out. I dont really want to spray mortein all over the paint and through the car. I cant seem to find a nest but they always keep appearing. Cheers Chief
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13-07-2006, 09:27 PM
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Location: Geelong
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nest will probably be behind the guards, or in leaves and muck in the cowling or somwehere like that
see if you can watch them......you'll see where there coming from eventually................... just follow the trail back |
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13-07-2006, 09:41 PM
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Living the dream
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: NSW
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I had some nice smelly thing in my car, Ambi-pur style whatsit, bloody ants were EVERYWHERE on the falcon, so in desperation, I took the smelly thing outta the car and left it on the bench. Next day - swarm on the friggin smelly.
Hence: if you have some kind of odourous substances in your car, remove them poste haste. |
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13-07-2006, 09:51 PM
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FTF Club Moderator
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The car is kept immaculate with no smelly things. I think they may be behind the front quarter guard. How do I get there to attack them?
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13-07-2006, 09:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Southbank, melb
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fly spray + lighter = problem solved :P
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13-07-2006, 09:59 PM
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Force Fed Fords
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Enroute
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Had the same thing on my sisters EL a few years ago. There were thousands of the buggers.
Used a gerhni and just carefully aimed with the door open. They didn't come back after that, although there were thousands of ants on the floor that were mad once the water dried up. Point is, using the gerhni got rid of the chemical scent ants leave behind as a way to find their new home. Try the fly spray, it shouldn't harm the paint. Best of luck.
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13-07-2006, 10:12 PM
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13-07-2006, 10:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Spray with ED40 or similar ..The either thats in most these penetrating oils soon gets rid of them!! Or spray car with flea bomb or similar????
It won't hurt....
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13-07-2006, 10:25 PM
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I got some Ant Sand. Dont know about using it on the car though.
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13-07-2006, 10:30 PM
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13-07-2006, 10:32 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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baby powder kills ants.
leaves your car smelling like a new born, ant free vehicle. not sure about letting it get wet though? but certainly sprinkle it inside the car. |
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13-07-2006, 11:36 PM
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Location: Perth
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I have this stuff for home its called Hovex ant killer it smells like honey but its deadly, just a couple of drops here and there, problem solved not to hard, smelly or dangerous.
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14-07-2006, 06:58 AM
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You've heard of a rusty car being described as being full of white ants ... well ... what do you expect?
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14-07-2006, 07:28 AM
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Talcum Powder
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14-07-2006, 08:00 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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We had an ant problem down on the farm a few years back. We ended up creating a total vaccum and blew those ants right out...
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14-07-2006, 12:56 PM
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i had ants hte other week in my car (the little crazy type)
turns out there was water in hte seals at the bottom of the door it self i just squeezed it out (ran hand along hte seal to push water out of the breather holes) as the ants were thirsty! due to the long stint of no rain we had up here in qlds SE
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