Nasty smell from vents when Heater is on, also fogs up windows
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A cordless bit driver will be your friend when removing the 1,000,000,000 screws that hold the dash together.
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Funny story.... speaking of coons.....
When I worked at the chevy dealer, I had a customer come and with the complaint that it was extremely difficult to turn his steering wheel to the right..... I drove the truck around the lot once, and by god, he was right. Turning left wasn't a problem, turning right was a real drag. (including turning the wheel back from a left turn...) That, and it smelled terrible..... (and this was a pretty new truck....) If felt for all the world like something was binding. Figgering I would have quick look, I popped the hood, and there was the problem, plain as day.
A coon had crawled up into the engine compartment.... and died...... he was wedged between the steering shaft, and the drivers side exhaust manifold.... (which accounted for the horrid smell...) I grabbed some gloves, removed the dead coon, had the customer drive the truck, and all was right with the world again.
When I worked at the chevy dealer, I had a customer come and with the complaint that it was extremely difficult to turn his steering wheel to the right..... I drove the truck around the lot once, and by god, he was right. Turning left wasn't a problem, turning right was a real drag. (including turning the wheel back from a left turn...) That, and it smelled terrible..... (and this was a pretty new truck....) If felt for all the world like something was binding. Figgering I would have quick look, I popped the hood, and there was the problem, plain as day.
A coon had crawled up into the engine compartment.... and died...... he was wedged between the steering shaft, and the drivers side exhaust manifold.... (which accounted for the horrid smell...) I grabbed some gloves, removed the dead coon, had the customer drive the truck, and all was right with the world again.
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From: Maryland
When I first bought my truck, I had a nasty smell as well. It turned out to be that the previous owner was right when he said it had been sitting for a while. Some birds nested in the place where it sucks air in and they had died. Eww.
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From: Ohio
Funny story.... speaking of coons.....
When I worked at the chevy dealer, I had a customer come and with the complaint that it was extremely difficult to turn his steering wheel to the right..... I drove the truck around the lot once, and by god, he was right. Turning left wasn't a problem, turning right was a real drag. (including turning the wheel back from a left turn...) That, and it smelled terrible..... (and this was a pretty new truck....) If felt for all the world like something was binding. Figgering I would have quick look, I popped the hood, and there was the problem, plain as day.
A coon had crawled up into the engine compartment.... and died...... he was wedged between the steering shaft, and the drivers side exhaust manifold.... (which accounted for the horrid smell...) I grabbed some gloves, removed the dead coon, had the customer drive the truck, and all was right with the world again.
When I worked at the chevy dealer, I had a customer come and with the complaint that it was extremely difficult to turn his steering wheel to the right..... I drove the truck around the lot once, and by god, he was right. Turning left wasn't a problem, turning right was a real drag. (including turning the wheel back from a left turn...) That, and it smelled terrible..... (and this was a pretty new truck....) If felt for all the world like something was binding. Figgering I would have quick look, I popped the hood, and there was the problem, plain as day.
A coon had crawled up into the engine compartment.... and died...... he was wedged between the steering shaft, and the drivers side exhaust manifold.... (which accounted for the horrid smell...) I grabbed some gloves, removed the dead coon, had the customer drive the truck, and all was right with the world again.
What did you charge him for that service???
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I got a ten dollar tip though.
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And a free lunch to boot!
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From: Guthrie,OK
i had a kitten crawl up into my air intake and die! took me two months to find it ...it had actually caused me to break of a piece of plastic of the air box that had lodged my throttle body wide open! Going down the road and all of a sudden my truck dies i get out take a look and start it back up and it goes to full throttle every time till i get the plastic out!!! what a pain in the ***