No not the one up the mountains.... In the truck/car/SUV. I turned the AC on yesterday and bless me father did it stink like mouse,,, went got a new one this morning, 18 bucks autozone 10 min job for a kid that can bend and see, me half an hour. Anyways I went to pull the old filter out nope it wont move needle nose and give it a yank yep it came out,,, OMG there was a mouse nest in there that filled the air box damn this was so big it clogged the hose on the shop vac, I dont know how any air got through the filter, So check em guys I found my allergies dont bother me much in the truck but when I get oh boy,,lol
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I cringe every time I get a car in for a noise from the blower motor or smell when the heat or air is on. I’ve found rats nests,snakes,cats,roaches...never fun.
This is how my Monday morning started,wasn’t in the cabin filter but you never know what you will find when you pop a hood or a cabin filter door...just hope it’s dead or gone!
There is a 5.0 under there somewhere,truck less then 6 months old,critters aren’t picky.
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This is how my Monday morning started,wasn’t in the cabin filter but you never know what you will find when you pop a hood or a cabin filter door...just hope it’s dead or gone!
There is a 5.0 under there somewhere,truck less then 6 months old,critters aren’t picky.
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Nice...Reminds me of the saying...cannot see the forest for the trees.
Skeets, got a charcoal cabin filter.
Skeets, got a charcoal cabin filter.
Yes they can make a mess. Same thing happened with the wife Civic she used to own and the little buggers chewed up the battery box on the Jeep I had. Not sure if was mice or tree rats so now there is always a fresh supply of rat poison up in the rafters of the garage and the tree rats suffer from lead poisoning.
If you want an odor neutralizer for anything including those pesty auto smells get some of this. It absorbs the smell and it's gone!
Have a friend who is a pilot transporting business folks here and there. While he was waiting for them he would clean the plane and deodorize it with this product. He was telling me he needed it to get rid of the Cigar small. It only takes a quick spritz in a vehicle!
I get it at O'Rielly's Auto Supply. Wal-Mart also has it.
Have a friend who is a pilot transporting business folks here and there. While he was waiting for them he would clean the plane and deodorize it with this product. He was telling me he needed it to get rid of the Cigar small. It only takes a quick spritz in a vehicle!
I get it at O'Rielly's Auto Supply. Wal-Mart also has it.
Friends had rodents chew wiring harness in vehicles, lots of damage. Mice in my garage and barn, one of the perks with living in the country. From their experience and recommendation I went with a repellent, just put a bag under the hood of vehicles including Kubota, out of the way of moving parts and heat.
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I deal with this stuff on a daily basis. Rodents AND cabin filters.
Some vehicles don't have filters....just gets "stuff" in the evaporator and/or heater core box. Even with filters sometimes it happens.
Cleaning an evaporator is not always much fun!
I did an M9540 the other day, they have filters but the evap and heater cores were completely plugged (solid) with...DOG HAIR. Guy lets his buddy ride around with him, and that's fine, but the excess hair WILL plug things up, so the filters need to be checked often on stuff like this. My car...and truck...do not have a filter at all. The car's evap was plugged, a/c not working all that great, lack of airflow, etc. The evap is nearly impossible to get at. Had to pull the blower fan assembly out, then the resistor, and reach in from the blower side with a can of coil cleaner, then let it soak a while, spray it again, soak, then go in through the resistor hole with a modified air blow gun to blow the junk back through, then vacuum it out. Nasty stuff in there but it works 10x better now. Next project, do it on the project car, then the truck. The truck won't be any more "fun" but at least it's all accessible from under the hood instead of having to fumble around under the dash.
Did an L5030 cab a while back too, rats (or squirrels, whatever) got into it, built a nice little nest, and of course you know what they do in the nest. They pee and poop. So when owner turns the tractor on-and the a/c or heat-the fan blows the "stuff" into the heater or a/c cores. That thing STUNK to high heaven! Couple cans of coil cleaner, some labor, and lots of fine cleaning with a toothbrush, and it's good to go.
Speaking of a/c evaporators, on Kubota stuff, I see this all the time too. Someone's a/c don't blow as well as it used to, so the automatic response is "it needs a can of freon". They'll put a can or two in, plus leak fix, and it don't help. Call the expert (neighbor, shade-tree mechanic, whoever). He does the same thing. Still no dice. Last resort, call me. Tractor comes into the shop, I turn on the a/c, sure enough it's warm, or in a lot of cases low air flow out of the vents. Full a/c system cleaning....which is cleaning of the condenser, CAC (intercooler) if it has one, radiator, tighten the fan and/or compressor belt(s), then clean the evaporator, check the fan blades for dirt buildup, THEN look at the refrigerant. On the one, I saw low side pressures of 100+ psi and high side of 450+. So at that point, there is a question to what's been done to it. Make call to customer, get the history (hopefully it's accurate), then it either gets repaired, or in some cases components get replaced. If there's no leaks, it doesn't need freon and if a/c is inoperative, the other stuff needs to be looked at FIRST. If it does need freon, it's got a leak and it needs to be fixed. How do you know it needs freon? Gauges and knowledge. Unfortunately, not everyone has either one, and a lot of folks "think" they have it and shouldn't be within 2 counties of any a/c system.
It won't be long and R134A will be like R12, must have license to buy it. Already getting that way and it can't come soon enough! Must have license to buy 30lb.
Some vehicles don't have filters....just gets "stuff" in the evaporator and/or heater core box. Even with filters sometimes it happens.
Cleaning an evaporator is not always much fun!
I did an M9540 the other day, they have filters but the evap and heater cores were completely plugged (solid) with...DOG HAIR. Guy lets his buddy ride around with him, and that's fine, but the excess hair WILL plug things up, so the filters need to be checked often on stuff like this. My car...and truck...do not have a filter at all. The car's evap was plugged, a/c not working all that great, lack of airflow, etc. The evap is nearly impossible to get at. Had to pull the blower fan assembly out, then the resistor, and reach in from the blower side with a can of coil cleaner, then let it soak a while, spray it again, soak, then go in through the resistor hole with a modified air blow gun to blow the junk back through, then vacuum it out. Nasty stuff in there but it works 10x better now. Next project, do it on the project car, then the truck. The truck won't be any more "fun" but at least it's all accessible from under the hood instead of having to fumble around under the dash.
Did an L5030 cab a while back too, rats (or squirrels, whatever) got into it, built a nice little nest, and of course you know what they do in the nest. They pee and poop. So when owner turns the tractor on-and the a/c or heat-the fan blows the "stuff" into the heater or a/c cores. That thing STUNK to high heaven! Couple cans of coil cleaner, some labor, and lots of fine cleaning with a toothbrush, and it's good to go.
Speaking of a/c evaporators, on Kubota stuff, I see this all the time too. Someone's a/c don't blow as well as it used to, so the automatic response is "it needs a can of freon". They'll put a can or two in, plus leak fix, and it don't help. Call the expert (neighbor, shade-tree mechanic, whoever). He does the same thing. Still no dice. Last resort, call me. Tractor comes into the shop, I turn on the a/c, sure enough it's warm, or in a lot of cases low air flow out of the vents. Full a/c system cleaning....which is cleaning of the condenser, CAC (intercooler) if it has one, radiator, tighten the fan and/or compressor belt(s), then clean the evaporator, check the fan blades for dirt buildup, THEN look at the refrigerant. On the one, I saw low side pressures of 100+ psi and high side of 450+. So at that point, there is a question to what's been done to it. Make call to customer, get the history (hopefully it's accurate), then it either gets repaired, or in some cases components get replaced. If there's no leaks, it doesn't need freon and if a/c is inoperative, the other stuff needs to be looked at FIRST. If it does need freon, it's got a leak and it needs to be fixed. How do you know it needs freon? Gauges and knowledge. Unfortunately, not everyone has either one, and a lot of folks "think" they have it and shouldn't be within 2 counties of any a/c system.
It won't be long and R134A will be like R12, must have license to buy it. Already getting that way and it can't come soon enough! Must have license to buy 30lb.
More Freon is always the answer! Lol, don’t blow cold, add some more. Had 2 today that were hitting 500 psi and blowing out the relief valve. Both had bad evap temp sensors, and about twice as much Freon as they needed. As techs we get to be detectives as well, amongst other things. Hopefully this new Freon,R1234yf, will slow down the shade trees. Have you seen the price of that stuff!