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Old Apr 7, 2026 | 01:52 PM
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It's the metal screen that covers the cowls on both sides. FSM calls em plenum screens but I'll refer to em as cowl screens here since most will likely be more familiar with what I'm talking about if I say it that way.

Anyway. That screen on both sides is tearing and rusting. I need to find suitable metal screen to remove the old and replace with new.

Seems like it's be much easier to search for than it actually is. All yo ureally get returned is plastic window screen and stuff like that. I even looked up fine chicken coop screen but the holes in that screen were too big.

I don't want to replace the parts themselves outright because the rest of it, meaning the plastic the attach to, is still in very good shape.

Anyone ever do this, and, if so, do you recall what screen you used specifically?

If not, any ideas where I could look around for something like that? I was in Tractor Supply the other day and didn't se anything in there. Nor Home Depot or Lowes. As I'd menioned, basically just plastic window screen and that won't work. The screen is too fine anyway, even if it were made of metal.

This is the type of screen I'm talking about, I borrowed a picture from an eBay listing...

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Check out wireclothman. here is the link, look under industrial meshes
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Check out wireclothman. here is the link, look under industrial meshes
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Okay. Thanks for chiming in. Appreciate it. I'll check that out now.
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