Did you here any loud angry "squeaking" going up the vacuum hose?  :-)

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Diana Patterson
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:55 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: New Member Intro and Air Flow/Vent Q

Hi List,
Brand new member here. I recently bought an '84 Westie 1.9L, was driving
through northern Iowa and into MN when I came across a caravan of VW
vans going the other direction. I turned around and met Budd, Darrell,
Jim, Chuck, Julia et al. Truly a moment of divine intervention. My life
will never be the same :) It was so exciting! I have an unusual
situation. My Westie had apparently sat for some time and acquired at
least one uninvited tennant (a mouse). When I acquired the Westie, I did
my OCD cleaning job on it, going into every nook and crannie exploring
and scrubbing. I found evidence of mice by the droppings found in some
of the cabinets along the left side of the van. Needless to say it was
gross. I put in a live mouse trap, but never caught anything so it must
have been leftover from a previous occupation. I think the van hadn't
been used, or loved for some time. So here comes the problem, when I
turn on the air flow vents, the one just to the left of my steering
wheel, really weird stuff comes out; insulation, stuff that falls off
trees, stuff that looks like it may be moldy. It's really creeping me
out. This must be where the nest was. I went to the car wash, removed
the vent, and put the super powered suction vacuum to the hole and a ton
of stuff came out. I thought I had it cleaned, but now everytime I use
the vent stuff still comes out so I just don't use it. I want to use it!
Okay, finally here's my question -- how do I totally clean out that
vent? And, if I stick some suction deeper down in that vent, will I harm
anything? Thanks to all to have any suggestions! -Diana '84 Westie