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Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:06 pm

hey my bus is like a fly haven . i get all the flys out and than close everything and next day i have over 30 flys in there. and i cant stand driving with the flys landing on me. i dont get y they like the bus so much.
does this happen to any one els and do u no how to keep the flys away? that would be GREAT! :wink:

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:13 pm

10-20 lizards seems to work for me.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:14 pm

haha like lizards lizards?

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:21 pm

gunnar89 wrote: hey my bus is like a fly haven . i get all the flys out and than close everything and next day i have over 30 flys in there. and i cant stand driving with the flys landing on me. i dont get y they like the bus so much.
does this happen to any one els and do u no how to keep the flys away? that would be GREAT! :wink:

Something must be attracting them or they have laid eggs in there. Have you checked the bus out for hidden sources of fly protein, i.e. dead rats, dog crap, garbage left from the last owner, long lost union officials?

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:23 pm

You might try giving the bus a good cleaning adn remove the dead fruit.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:25 pm

lol um there's some trash under the seats like under under were the fender well is and i cant get to the trash but its just like sunflower seeds and some plastic bags and other than that i cant think of nay thing els i dont smell anything dead.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:28 pm

Flys don't live where there is nothing to eat.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:33 pm

do they eat dead bugs? cuz i got a camper kit from a bus that was full of spiders and bugs. thats all i can think of .

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:37 pm

gunnar89 wrote: lol um there's some trash under the seats like under under were the fender well is and i cant get to the trash but its just like sunflower seeds and some plastic bags and other than that i cant think of nay thing els i dont smell anything dead.

Remove the front seats and cafefully stick your hand down in there (watch out for snakes) and pull all that crap out. If you have a shop vacuum that might help. Flush the area out with something like bleach. My guess is that what you are seeing everyday is a new set of recently hatched flies.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:38 pm

o joy lol i get to clean out 40 year old dirt lol alright ill do it thanks

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:40 pm

gunnar89 wrote: do they eat dead bugs? cuz i got a camper kit from a bus that was full of spiders and bugs. thats all i can think of .

Camper kit. You mean like the fridge and cabinets? Probably been in someones back yard and was a nice home to whatever critter crawled in a died. Then the flies laid eggs in the dead rats, etc. and now you have a whole community living in your bus......... makes you want to go camping doesn't it.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:44 pm

i bought a 68 bug about 15 years ago. when i was cleaning it out, i found hundreds of maggots under the rear seat. :-&

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:45 pm

i got the z bed thing and the little chair thing that goes behind the driver seat and a table. out of a 72 bus that my dad bought out of some ones back yard lol so ya and i didnt want to hose it down cuz the wood is old and i was afraid of molding or warping so might have some "thing" in there

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:50 pm

gunnar89 wrote: i got the z bed thing and the little chair thing that goes behind the driver seat and a table. out of a 72 bus that my dad bought out of some ones back yard lol so ya and i didnt want to hose it down cuz the wood is old and i was afraid of molding or warping so might have some "thing" in there

Hard to say just what occured on that Z bed in the past. There might be some DNA from one of my High School sweethearts.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:16 pm

Time to remove the front seats,the entire camper kit and rubber mats and carpet and take a weekend and scrub everything down with bleach water you'll be so much happier with a solidly clean bus and a fresh clean smell, I suggest the lemon scent bleach. and another spot to clean which is kinda hard to get to is behind the front kick panels and down, all kinds of things fall there over the years, don't forget while the camper kits is out to remove the interior panels and clean behind them also, also a good time to re-insulate while they are out also.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:58 pm

lol thats sounds fun and ya i dont have half that stuff in my bus like the kick panal and the side boards its just house carpit screwed on the floor and sides

Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:01 pm

Yep Time to get ride of the house carpet that can be a great place for the flys to lay eggs also, if you like having carpet then I'd say get some new carpet and redo it after the good cleaning, also if you have holes in your headliner check and see if you can see the flys coming from there or going in there.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:11 pm

lol no head liner i have a ply wood above the driver and pass seats rest have foam stuffed in the holes on the side. i have a idea tho theres a hole on the floor board i think were the sink was at one time and i dont no how to explain it but theres a area were the floor and the bottem of the bus is cuz the sides have a thing ill take a pic but ya sorry if its not making sence

Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:18 pm

get a couple toads and feed them while you lick them. :shock:

Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:19 pm

there is a space between that and the floor board and theres a hole so i dont no what is in there and i dont no if i can clean it out there could be some dead animal in there who knows. do u think is save to stuff a hose in there and hose it out or will it rust horribly if i do that