Major Dilemma - Squirrel Nest in A/C Ducting

[fluff]

Holy cow, I dont know where to start.

I dont drive this truck every day, and obviously let it sit a little long for this to happen.

I started it and the A/C blower unit started making this horrible sound...I knew immediately something wasn't right. After reading about some of the blower unit issues and blower control module stuff, I decided to take off the blower fan and see what the issue was.

This is what I found when I pulled the blower fan down:

(There is obviously a reason some people call this a squirrel cage!)

This is what it looks like looking up from where the blower unit sits.

So I really have no idea what I am looking at other than the fact that it looks like I can see where he was able to get into that area by eating the mesh screen and going through there...

I am not sure how to even reasonably access that area, I dont assume there are any other easy ways one can get to that spot from the outside?

Any thoughts on what to do next are truly appreciated.

FYI, 2005 Chevy Z-71 Tahoe

 

[BRUTUS_T_HOG]

You can remove the wiper cowl for a little bit of access and slip a shop vac hose into that area. Not terribly hard, you will want to wear gloves as there is usually poop and dead animals....sometimes live ones.

 

[fluff]

Thanks, I will pull off the wiper cowl and see if I can get in there. I am trying to also figure out what all plastic pieces were eaten, anyone know what it looks like there normally? I assume quite a bit was chewed up from what I can tell of all the little bite marks.

 

[jomulk56]

Yeah wear gloves and maybe even a mask. Sweep it out and then use some type of strong disinfecting cleaner. Squirrel crap is pretty toxic with all the diseases it can carry.