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Hmmm… I just replaced my blower motor today and it had a mouse nest within the squirrel cage fan.  I wonder how the heck in got in there?  A few days ago I opened the hood and there was a big rat sitting in his/her nest on top of my battery.  I’d been driving the truck every day.

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>the vents, especially the defrost vents in the dsah. > I can only suppose that a mouse got into the sytem somehow,

This happened to my 2002 when I was parked up at summer camp. I ended up with a nest inside my HVAC squirrel cage and one in the air cleaner box.  LUckily no dead mice.  Mine also started shooting little bits of dried out leaves and grass out the defroster vents.  The guy at quicklane was pretty amazed when he went to check the air filter.

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Good lord! That might be my problem! My wife saw baby field mice in our garage on night.

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That’s not a mouse — that’s one of the hamsters that was making your Exploder go…. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > My 2002 Explorer was strored for a few months in a garage that had a > mouse problem. > When I started driving it again I got a bad smell out of the > ventilation system. After about 6 months it subsided biut recentlt I > get a bit of dry debris including what seems to be whiskers coming from > the vents, especially the defrost vents in the dsah. > I can only suppose that a mouse got into the sytem somehow, died and is > now mummified. Where is the air intake for the vent system located? Is > there some sort of filter or screen that would have prevented the > culprit from getting too far into the system? > Any suggestions? > Thanks, Rob

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My 2002 Explorer was strored for a few months in a garage that had a mouse problem. When I started driving it again I got a bad smell out of the ventilation system. After about 6 months it subsided biut recentlt I get a bit of dry debris including what seems to be whiskers coming from the vents, especially the defrost vents in the dsah. I can only suppose that a mouse got into the sytem somehow, died and is now mummified. Where is the air intake for the vent system located? Is there some sort of filter or screen that would have prevented the culprit from getting too far into the system? Any suggestions? Thanks, Rob

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Hamsters?  I thought they ran on squirrels.  I was sure one of the squirrels died and that was what was rattling inside my engine. Maybe it’s the V8 that has squirrels…

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> That’s not a mouse — that’s one of the hamsters that was making your Exploder > go…. > My 2002 Explorer was strored for a few months in a garage that had a > mouse problem. > When I started driving it again I got a bad smell out of the > ventilation system. After about 6 months it subsided biut recentlt I > get a bit of dry debris including what seems to be whiskers coming from > the vents, especially the defrost vents in the dsah. > I can only suppose that a mouse got into the sytem somehow, died and is > now mummified. Where is the air intake for the vent system located? Is > there some sort of filter or screen that would have prevented the > culprit from getting too far into the system? > Any suggestions? > Thanks, Rob

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My 2002 Explorer was strored for a few months in a garage that had a > mouse problem. > When I started driving it again I got a bad smell out of the > ventilation system. After about 6 months it subsided biut recentlt I > get a bit of dry debris including what seems to be whiskers coming from > the vents, especially the defrost vents in the dsah. > I can only suppose that a mouse got into the sytem somehow, died and is > now mummified. Where is the air intake for the vent system located? Is > there some sort of filter or screen that would have prevented the > culprit from getting too far into the system? > Any suggestions? > Thanks, Rob

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