Stinks!
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From: Swanton Ohio
Stinks!
So every year (3) that I get the vette out there is some drama. Dead battery, column lock, flats, etc. This year all seemed to go well but I heard a rumbling under the dash as I pulled it out of the barn. I turned off the A/C which was running and still had it. Then I turned the fan up to high and a big roar from the dash.
Thanks to the great folks here I decided to pull the blower.
To those of you who have tried this yoga operation you will know that you stand on your head with a torx in your mouth, a flashlight in one hand and no idea where your other hand is. After removing all the screws the blower would not budge. I tugged and pulled and finally it dropped. I really wish I had a video of what happened next because one second this old, overweight, half blind bifoculed excuse for a mechanic was crammed into the passenger foot well, and a millisecond later I was standing on the other side of the barn screaming like a little girl after these squirming little pink things fell on my face !!! I may have invented teleportation but can't remember how I did it....
Anyway after cleaning out everything I could reach and putting everything back together (took me quite a while to find my manhood - must have been in my toolbox) I patted myself on the back for a job well done.
Unfortunately I now have an awful smell that I think is coming from the vents.
Do you guys know if there is a way to get in from the cowl or some other place to look for dead attack pinkies???
PS. sorry about long post - must be post traumatic stress
Thanks to the great folks here I decided to pull the blower.
To those of you who have tried this yoga operation you will know that you stand on your head with a torx in your mouth, a flashlight in one hand and no idea where your other hand is. After removing all the screws the blower would not budge. I tugged and pulled and finally it dropped. I really wish I had a video of what happened next because one second this old, overweight, half blind bifoculed excuse for a mechanic was crammed into the passenger foot well, and a millisecond later I was standing on the other side of the barn screaming like a little girl after these squirming little pink things fell on my face !!! I may have invented teleportation but can't remember how I did it....
Anyway after cleaning out everything I could reach and putting everything back together (took me quite a while to find my manhood - must have been in my toolbox) I patted myself on the back for a job well done.
Unfortunately I now have an awful smell that I think is coming from the vents.
Do you guys know if there is a way to get in from the cowl or some other place to look for dead attack pinkies???
PS. sorry about long post - must be post traumatic stress
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Does sound like he found mice. Hopefully they were not in there long and didn't do any more damage than build a nest. As for the smell, you may just have to dismantle the dash to find the source. Good luck.
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Yes it was baby mice called pinkies and still alive! They must have had a hell of a ride when I turned the fan all the way up!
I put the top down and turned the fan to max and went for a ride so the smell wasn't to bad. I was hoping that just running the fan would eventually blow it out but so far it's still pretty bad. I can't imagine what it would smell like if I ran the heater!
Is there an easy way to get into the ducts? I'm thinking there is more mice/nest in there.
I haven't seen or noticed any other damage (yet)
I put the top down and turned the fan to max and went for a ride so the smell wasn't to bad. I was hoping that just running the fan would eventually blow it out but so far it's still pretty bad. I can't imagine what it would smell like if I ran the heater!
Is there an easy way to get into the ducts? I'm thinking there is more mice/nest in there.
I haven't seen or noticed any other damage (yet)
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So every year (3) that I get the vette out there is some drama. Dead battery, column lock, flats, etc. This year all seemed to go well but I heard a rumbling under the dash as I pulled it out of the barn. I turned off the A/C which was running and still had it. Then I turned the fan up to high and a big roar from the dash.
Thanks to the great folks here I decided to pull the blower.
To those of you who have tried this yoga operation you will know that you stand on your head with a torx in your mouth, a flashlight in one hand and no idea where your other hand is. After removing all the screws the blower would not budge. I tugged and pulled and finally it dropped. I really wish I had a video of what happened next because one second this old, overweight, half blind bifoculed excuse for a mechanic was crammed into the passenger foot well, and a millisecond later I was standing on the other side of the barn screaming like a little girl after these squirming little pink things fell on my face !!! I may have invented teleportation but can't remember how I did it....
Anyway after cleaning out everything I could reach and putting everything back together (took me quite a while to find my manhood - must have been in my toolbox) I patted myself on the back for a job well done.
Unfortunately I now have an awful smell that I think is coming from the vents.
Do you guys know if there is a way to get in from the cowl or some other place to look for dead attack pinkies???
PS. sorry about long post - must be post traumatic stress
Thanks to the great folks here I decided to pull the blower.
To those of you who have tried this yoga operation you will know that you stand on your head with a torx in your mouth, a flashlight in one hand and no idea where your other hand is. After removing all the screws the blower would not budge. I tugged and pulled and finally it dropped. I really wish I had a video of what happened next because one second this old, overweight, half blind bifoculed excuse for a mechanic was crammed into the passenger foot well, and a millisecond later I was standing on the other side of the barn screaming like a little girl after these squirming little pink things fell on my face !!! I may have invented teleportation but can't remember how I did it....
Anyway after cleaning out everything I could reach and putting everything back together (took me quite a while to find my manhood - must have been in my toolbox) I patted myself on the back for a job well done.
Unfortunately I now have an awful smell that I think is coming from the vents.
Do you guys know if there is a way to get in from the cowl or some other place to look for dead attack pinkies???
PS. sorry about long post - must be post traumatic stress
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From: western springs illinois
So every year (3) that I get the vette out there is some drama. Dead battery, column lock, flats, etc. This year all seemed to go well but I heard a rumbling under the dash as I pulled it out of the barn. I turned off the A/C which was running and still had it. Then I turned the fan up to high and a big roar from the dash.
Thanks to the great folks here I decided to pull the blower.
To those of you who have tried this yoga operation you will know that you stand on your head with a torx in your mouth, a flashlight in one hand and no idea where your other hand is. After removing all the screws the blower would not budge. I tugged and pulled and finally it dropped. I really wish I had a video of what happened next because one second this old, overweight, half blind bifoculed excuse for a mechanic was crammed into the passenger foot well, and a millisecond later I was standing on the other side of the barn screaming like a little girl after these squirming little pink things fell on my face !!! I may have invented teleportation but can't remember how I did it....
Anyway after cleaning out everything I could reach and putting everything back together (took me quite a while to find my manhood - must have been in my toolbox) I patted myself on the back for a job well done.
Unfortunately I now have an awful smell that I think is coming from the vents.
Do you guys know if there is a way to get in from the cowl or some other place to look for dead attack pinkies???
PS. sorry about long post - must be post traumatic stress
Thanks to the great folks here I decided to pull the blower.
To those of you who have tried this yoga operation you will know that you stand on your head with a torx in your mouth, a flashlight in one hand and no idea where your other hand is. After removing all the screws the blower would not budge. I tugged and pulled and finally it dropped. I really wish I had a video of what happened next because one second this old, overweight, half blind bifoculed excuse for a mechanic was crammed into the passenger foot well, and a millisecond later I was standing on the other side of the barn screaming like a little girl after these squirming little pink things fell on my face !!! I may have invented teleportation but can't remember how I did it....
Anyway after cleaning out everything I could reach and putting everything back together (took me quite a while to find my manhood - must have been in my toolbox) I patted myself on the back for a job well done.
Unfortunately I now have an awful smell that I think is coming from the vents.
Do you guys know if there is a way to get in from the cowl or some other place to look for dead attack pinkies???
PS. sorry about long post - must be post traumatic stress
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Sorry for your misfortune with the pinkies. They can get into anything. Your story did make me laugh though and I am sorry for that too.
If I were you I would take that dash pad off and then you will have access to the vent tubes that way. It's not a hard job but I think you would have an easier time looking for any other pinkies or the Momma.
If I were you I would take that dash pad off and then you will have access to the vent tubes that way. It's not a hard job but I think you would have an easier time looking for any other pinkies or the Momma.
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So every year (3) that I get the vette out there is some drama. Dead battery, column lock, flats, etc. This year all seemed to go well but I heard a rumbling under the dash as I pulled it out of the barn. I turned off the A/C which was running and still had it. Then I turned the fan up to high and a big roar from the dash.
Thanks to the great folks here I decided to pull the blower.
To those of you who have tried this yoga operation you will know that you stand on your head with a torx in your mouth, a flashlight in one hand and no idea where your other hand is. After removing all the screws the blower would not budge. I tugged and pulled and finally it dropped. I really wish I had a video of what happened next because one second this old, overweight, half blind bifoculed excuse for a mechanic was crammed into the passenger foot well, and a millisecond later I was standing on the other side of the barn screaming like a little girl after these squirming little pink things fell on my face !!! I may have invented teleportation but can't remember how I did it....
Anyway after cleaning out everything I could reach and putting everything back together (took me quite a while to find my manhood - must have been in my toolbox) I patted myself on the back for a job well done.
Unfortunately I now have an awful smell that I think is coming from the vents.
Do you guys know if there is a way to get in from the cowl or some other place to look for dead attack pinkies???
PS. sorry about long post - must be post traumatic stress
Thanks to the great folks here I decided to pull the blower.
To those of you who have tried this yoga operation you will know that you stand on your head with a torx in your mouth, a flashlight in one hand and no idea where your other hand is. After removing all the screws the blower would not budge. I tugged and pulled and finally it dropped. I really wish I had a video of what happened next because one second this old, overweight, half blind bifoculed excuse for a mechanic was crammed into the passenger foot well, and a millisecond later I was standing on the other side of the barn screaming like a little girl after these squirming little pink things fell on my face !!! I may have invented teleportation but can't remember how I did it....
Anyway after cleaning out everything I could reach and putting everything back together (took me quite a while to find my manhood - must have been in my toolbox) I patted myself on the back for a job well done.
Unfortunately I now have an awful smell that I think is coming from the vents.
Do you guys know if there is a way to get in from the cowl or some other place to look for dead attack pinkies???
PS. sorry about long post - must be post traumatic stress
sorry just had too.
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...d-install.html
Here's a video I made of the process too.