Well, I pulled the blower, which turned out to be no big deal, and found a nest in the evaporator housing, complete with dead mouse and live maggots. Ewwww.
The debris and said mouse on the newspaper make up about half of what’s in there. I have to get creative with a vacuum attachment to reach in and get the rest of it out. My hands are too damned big to fit in there all the way.
At least I found (I hope) the source of the dead mouse smell. I’m going to call the parts store to see if they have an evaporator cleaner/disinfectant spray foam.
Oh, in the process of lowering the front windows to keep the area well-ventilated, I discovered that my battery is dead, again.
I tested it a couple of days ago, and it was supposedly fine. Apparently not. In any case, in my ongoing quest to track down and eliminate the charging system issue, I’m going to install a new AGM battery. The one I have is an old style flooded plate, with removable caps.
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The debris and said mouse on the newspaper make up about half of what’s in there. I have to get creative with a vacuum attachment to reach in and get the rest of it out. My hands are too damned big to fit in there all the way.
At least I found (I hope) the source of the dead mouse smell. I’m going to call the parts store to see if they have an evaporator cleaner/disinfectant spray foam.
Oh, in the process of lowering the front windows to keep the area well-ventilated, I discovered that my battery is dead, again.
I tested it a couple of days ago, and it was supposedly fine. Apparently not. In any case, in my ongoing quest to track down and eliminate the charging system issue, I’m going to install a new AGM battery. The one I have is an old style flooded plate, with removable caps.
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