removing / replacing / upgrading heater fan box?
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i think barn mice have got into the nearside front innerwing cardboard airbox adjacent to fuse panel
how is this removed? - Is there a recognised upgrade, as airflow with fan on max has always been poor (even before unwanted guests no doubt set up house within)- hoses attached ok to vents and fan speed alters with switch position)
Is the ventilation inlet a known problem for rodent ingress? - Where best / easiest to fit a protective wire mesh? - Any other known areas where mice can get into cabin (yes I do put the top up!..and it seems ok)
how is this removed? - Is there a recognised upgrade, as airflow with fan on max has always been poor (even before unwanted guests no doubt set up house within)- hoses attached ok to vents and fan speed alters with switch position)
Is the ventilation inlet a known problem for rodent ingress? - Where best / easiest to fit a protective wire mesh? - Any other known areas where mice can get into cabin (yes I do put the top up!..and it seems ok)
...wow, you guys are resourceful fellas with a lot of get up and go! - you guesses, my get up...has gone - so I shall be opening the window!
which reminds me, how do you stop exhaust being sucked in with top up and windows ajar?
My heating system provides full flow to floorvents but little to screen or central eye levels (hoses inplace)
An easier solution for me would be to fit model 'elec turbo fan' units to supply hoses and find a cool air source perhaps - 2 separate motors feeding eye level and screen should suffice
I have significant mice ingress into cabin, are they likely to be using ventilation system as entry, if so where would be easiest places to fit wire mesh to prevent it - any other places to protect?
Hood up and rear hood vents blocked off (yes windows are up!)
thx for all the help
which reminds me, how do you stop exhaust being sucked in with top up and windows ajar?
My heating system provides full flow to floorvents but little to screen or central eye levels (hoses inplace)
An easier solution for me would be to fit model 'elec turbo fan' units to supply hoses and find a cool air source perhaps - 2 separate motors feeding eye level and screen should suffice
I have significant mice ingress into cabin, are they likely to be using ventilation system as entry, if so where would be easiest places to fit wire mesh to prevent it - any other places to protect?
Hood up and rear hood vents blocked off (yes windows are up!)
thx for all the help
Baretti, face vents have hoses in place
the hose into n/s front qrt - is that an output from heater / blowerbox or a fresh feed from front wing?
Not sure where the external 'front door' is that they are using - is it internal from under nose mesh - can it be accessed from there? - I dont really want to disturb light shroud if there is an easier way to install the portcullis - I do have to find the source though, cos every winter they make a meal of my mint interior - I really would appreciate definitive advice from one and all how to eliminate their point of entry - those meeces are drivin me to peeces!
That pipe you show into qrt panel - any good fitting an electric impeller there? - what if anything would be boosted
I have ample hot air (resist it!) with good 3 speed ram to footwell
My fundamental goal in this dept is:
1)absolutely stop future mice ingress by fitting wire gauze into or down the line from point of entry at easiest access point (with no weak interim points eg plastic or cardboard that would allow cabin access if breached before gauze)
2) increase fresh air flow to face vents
I dont use the car in wintry conditions so low flow of heat to face or screen vents is unimportant, however hi flow of cold air to ideally both would be good, cos the cabin is unbearable (I would treat exhaust if I could afford it)
the hose into n/s front qrt - is that an output from heater / blowerbox or a fresh feed from front wing?
Not sure where the external 'front door' is that they are using - is it internal from under nose mesh - can it be accessed from there? - I dont really want to disturb light shroud if there is an easier way to install the portcullis - I do have to find the source though, cos every winter they make a meal of my mint interior - I really would appreciate definitive advice from one and all how to eliminate their point of entry - those meeces are drivin me to peeces!
That pipe you show into qrt panel - any good fitting an electric impeller there? - what if anything would be boosted
I have ample hot air (resist it!) with good 3 speed ram to footwell
My fundamental goal in this dept is:
1)absolutely stop future mice ingress by fitting wire gauze into or down the line from point of entry at easiest access point (with no weak interim points eg plastic or cardboard that would allow cabin access if breached before gauze)
2) increase fresh air flow to face vents
I dont use the car in wintry conditions so low flow of heat to face or screen vents is unimportant, however hi flow of cold air to ideally both would be good, cos the cabin is unbearable (I would treat exhaust if I could afford it)
thx Barreti for your assistance
soo you appear to be saying that the heater box (above fuses and battery), has a different supply from the remote fan than by ns wing cavity?
Incidentally the drivers side face level takes hot and cold feeds somehow
n/s face cold only and screen again mixed..
Will gladly remove inner A pillar hose to determine if blocked with mouse debris and to check ram effect when fan maxed - i should be expecting pos pressure hairdryer effect (cold) from inner wing when removed?
If there is no protective mesh to intake under headlight then this would seem the 'front door' and the ns wing must be a huge mouse nest!
What I dont understand is where they are getting into cab
First mouse was found in glove box so perhaps they wander up 'the hose' to cardboard (??!!) heater box and have eaten out through that somewhere
confusion:if 'the hose' only feeds the face vents, where is he other fan boosted supply - as i will need to fit portcullis to that too? - another way of asking, - will fitting gauze to 'front door' under headlight above lower (wide holed grill) close all entrances?
Hard to imagine how / why they would leap up to lower nose grille and squeeze through tiny holes
There are many mice each year somehow making their way in and I really have to get to the bottom of it!
soo you appear to be saying that the heater box (above fuses and battery), has a different supply from the remote fan than by ns wing cavity?
Incidentally the drivers side face level takes hot and cold feeds somehow
n/s face cold only and screen again mixed..
Will gladly remove inner A pillar hose to determine if blocked with mouse debris and to check ram effect when fan maxed - i should be expecting pos pressure hairdryer effect (cold) from inner wing when removed?
If there is no protective mesh to intake under headlight then this would seem the 'front door' and the ns wing must be a huge mouse nest!
What I dont understand is where they are getting into cab
First mouse was found in glove box so perhaps they wander up 'the hose' to cardboard (??!!) heater box and have eaten out through that somewhere
confusion:if 'the hose' only feeds the face vents, where is he other fan boosted supply - as i will need to fit portcullis to that too? - another way of asking, - will fitting gauze to 'front door' under headlight above lower (wide holed grill) close all entrances?
Hard to imagine how / why they would leap up to lower nose grille and squeeze through tiny holes
There are many mice each year somehow making their way in and I really have to get to the bottom of it!
at the mo just had a chance to set eyes on gaping hole with fan impeller visible behind - can easily fit fine mesh here, though still concerned that so many mice would leap up to std nose grill and squeeze through to make epic journey into cab...
I did notice a vulnerable thin material air hose running behind engine - perhaps from back of heater to driver footwell?
I did notice a vulnerable thin material air hose running behind engine - perhaps from back of heater to driver footwell?
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