big jake
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A month or so back, last time I drove my 86 F250 it was a very chilly evening and so I turned on the heater. I was in downtown Sacramento, it was about midnight, and as I drove, a faint odor of a wood-burning fireplace began to appear and I passed it off as folks keeping warm on a chilly night.
I got to within a block of my destination and heavy smoke started boiling out of my heater, defroster and dash vents, instantly filling the cab with smoke so thick I could not see out the windshield.
I immediately turned off the heater and eventually the smoke cleared up.
It seems as though through the years of parking under the trees in my neighborhood, the leaves and other debris fell through the slotted grille on the cowl in front of the windshield and packed the vent intakes and heater box full.
I was surprised to find there was no screen behind the grille opening to prevent this from happenning.
I'm gonna have to get out there and clean this out once I am able, been down with a severe back injury since Christmas, just started walking again yesterday.
Anyway, check those cowls out to prevent a fire under the dash.
I got to within a block of my destination and heavy smoke started boiling out of my heater, defroster and dash vents, instantly filling the cab with smoke so thick I could not see out the windshield.
I immediately turned off the heater and eventually the smoke cleared up.
It seems as though through the years of parking under the trees in my neighborhood, the leaves and other debris fell through the slotted grille on the cowl in front of the windshield and packed the vent intakes and heater box full.
I was surprised to find there was no screen behind the grille opening to prevent this from happenning.
I'm gonna have to get out there and clean this out once I am able, been down with a severe back injury since Christmas, just started walking again yesterday.
Anyway, check those cowls out to prevent a fire under the dash.