[s-cars] Fwd: Squealing chipmunks (in dash vent)

[Robert Myers]

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JC, I like your suggested "cure" even better.  Just leave it alone 
and let it get over the illness, eh?  :-D

I have also heard of the so-called "steak knife" technique.  Anybody 
have a good write up?

Bob


At 10:21 PM 6/27/2010, JC wrote:
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>Haven't chimed in since I've not BTDT myself and was waiting for somebody
>who did to ring in, but I also have the occaisional blower motor squeal on
>and off (as others have noted seems worst when cold) and as a result I did
>some research on the topic.
>
>Three key messages I dug out of my research:
>
>- Yes "proper" blower R&R is a huge deal requiring extensive dash and
>under-cowl work, and apparently really sucks.
>
>- Some have had luck with the 'spray and pray', specifically by carefully
>drilling little access holes in just the right spot in the blower housing
>under the cowl (fraught with danger and hard to be sure exactly where best
>spot is to drill...)
>
>- A couple of guys have done frankenblower R&R by cutting the housing open
>under the cowl, then devising a way to screw it back together and seal it up
>afterwards.
>
>Oddly enough after being really bad a year or two ago, mine seems to have
>relented and healed itself... HVAC all working fine and seldom if ever get
>the noise.  Can't explain it, except that at one point I did tighten the
>clamps around the housing that are accessible under the cowl and maybe that
>helped somehow...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Robert Myers
> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:53 AM
> > To: mtgadbois at aol.com
> > Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fwd: Squealing chipmunks (in dash vent)
> >
> >
> > Mark,  I was hoping you'd say just spray away with that can
> > of Kroil.  Sounds not that easy.  Oh well... Looks like maybe
> > I have another job for one day this summer (one week this
> > summer?). Maybe I can just replace the brushes. Hafta take a
> > good look-see.
> >
> > B.
> >
>
>
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