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I seem to have gotten a rat or some other fairly large rodent in the heater ducts of my 2020 ranger.
I would like to cover the entry points with screen, is there anything that shows me where they are?
I suppose I have to take the whole dash apart to get to them.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Thanks

 

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Hi. I did some digging and found out where the fresh air intakes are.
First you have to remove the passenger side cowl cover.
It has 5 plastic rivets.

One of them also holds down this piece.

To remove the rivets, pry up the center section and remove the whole thing.

The air intake holes are visible now.

I cut two pieces of metal screen about 5 X 6 inches.
I used 1/4 inch mesh as that is what I had.
You want to use metal so they can't chew through it.
I wedged them in with a couple pieces of foam core, but the semi-rigid poly packing foam might be better.
After it was done I put some good blobs of adhesive caulk to help hold it in place.
You might be able to come up with a more elegant solution.

Why any automaker would leave holes that big to the outside is beyond me.