CS5000 turbo quattro blower motor

[Stephen Sherman]

It is sometimes possible to reach in from the various duct openings and 
remove the offending objects (leaves, carcasses, etc) without going to 
the trouble of removing the whole box (which is a royal PITA). If you go 
this route, rubber gloves and something like a flexible grabbing tool of 
some sort usually helps. It is also important to be careful, there are 
expensive things (like the AC evap) which could be damaged if you are 
not careful and just start blindly yanking whatever you can hook in there.

Given the amount of time to remove the box, it is probably worth a try 
cleaning it from the ducts. Especially since gaining access to the duct 
openings needs to be done anyhow if you need to remove the box.

If they do remove the climate control box, I suggest scrapping off all 
the glue, and using closed cell foam weather stripping to seal it when 
you put it back. This will be water tight and will make taking it out 
next time much easier.