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Apr 22, 2019 | 07:40 PM

Christmas

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Cowl vents

I see a lot of new to them trucks lately on FTE. I am on my third truck in 4yrs. One thing they have all had in common is the cowl is full of leaves, dirt etc..... 2 of them up to the dash. This can cause a fire in the heater and rot the body in areas that are very hard to repair. Anyone else have this problem?

Apr 22, 2019 | 08:36 PM

resonateur

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…..not here in Central California. After years of drought and bark beetles, we have no more leaves.

Apr 22, 2019 | 08:41 PM

john jamieson

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The '64 I picked up had been parked under a juniper for a couple years. It was packed. The mesquites along side my drive way doesn't help.

Apr 22, 2019 | 08:52 PM

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…..not here in Central California. After years of drought and bark beetles, we have no more leaves.

We sure do in the Santa Cruz mtns. My sons house in Sutter Creek lost 50% of his pines in a 3yr period.

Apr 22, 2019 | 08:53 PM

Becky_is_a_66

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I remove the three rubber plugs located on cowl under hood once a year and use a flexible hose on a shop vac fished through the holes to remove the leaves. I also annually pull the fresh air vents, heater motor, defrost hoses, and heater intake hose to remove any leaves. It is a PITA but something that needs to be done. I also cut new access holes and made covers to access the space behind the lower door hinges so I can clean that space out annually as well. It is incredible how much organic material gets in those spaces over a year's time and how much moisture that material traps.

Apr 22, 2019 | 09:00 PM

Becky_is_a_66

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Christmas,
Here is an old thread I was involved on years ago showing the extra clean out access I installed...…..

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...r-pillars.html

Apr 22, 2019 | 09:23 PM

BarnieTrk

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From: Stanton, Michigan, USA

Christmas,
I don't know if you've used the search mode to look for such information here at FTE; If not, know that you can locate lots of good information by using it.

A quick search came up with these two threads to consider regarding rusty cowls and drains:

f100rust

and

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...rk+rust+drains

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