Good gosh. They get into almost any hole it seems.

And all that paper for a nest!

Mike: I'm tempted to say that putting a mesh at the box inlet itself
is not really needed. In my case, it's entirely possibly they got in
the van via other means and made house up front. Why I don't know. It
really looks like they tried to chew their way into the heat/defrost
system.

images of heat hoses:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-U9pOutRDMHk/UPosY9-WrnI/AAAAAAAAGos/43MUuDAv9cY/s720/ya%25204.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-f5gO7G2zlUY/UPosYQEsYqI/AAAAAAAAGog/NjTYotXsJM8/s720/Ya.jpg

Unless I'm misunderstanding the anatomy of the Vanagon, I think mesh
at the fresh air intake "holes" would do the trick.

Neil.

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> fwiw ..
> one of my vans has 1/4 inch mesh screen on the air intake opening on the
> engine's air filter box.
> Someone must have had mice making a home in there.
>
> On 3/16/2013 12:32 PM, neil n wrote:

> Use 1/4" galvanized mesh?

--
Neil n

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