Drat!  Some rodent,  probably a mouse,  has gotten into the front
heater core area of my 86 GL and given up the ghost.   As the odor is
anything but pleasant, something has to be done about it, and fast.  Where
do these little guys get in?  Isn't this unit supposed to be screened off so
that little beasts don't crawl in?  I have tried taking some of the air
ducting off under the dash panel, but I can't find the dead critter.  I have
the 80 to 87 Bentley manual, but it has absolutely nothing in regard to
disassembling this unit.  Only has heater info on the air cooled early
vanagons and the diesel, nothing in regard to waterboxer heaters.  Does the
later issue(s) of the Bentley manual have this information?  I'm amazed that
the 80-87 does not.  OR, can someone give me some tips on an easy way to
solve this stinky situation?  From what I can see, this job is going to take
several hours once I get the instructions of what to do first, second,
third...........  Thanks very much for help from anyone who has faced this
kind of a stinky mess.

Daryl Jorud
Battle Lake, MN
86 GL
85 Double-cab
83 Rabbit convert.
82 Rabbit pkp