I got around to replacing a heater core and A/C evaporator in Debs 98 Ram today.

Here is a squirrel cage in its truest form.
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A couple of years ago Deb and the grand-kids got in the habit of feeding the squirrels peanuts. Dodge did a poor job screening the intake at the cowl. A combination of that and parking outside, and a block heater that we use in the winter attracted the little devils to Deb and Joes place for some free heat and shelter.

All the leaves and everything else in there rotted them out.

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The steering column had to come down and all removed.

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All good as new again.

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Heater core and evaporator were under 200 and I had to force 100 bucks into the guys pocket who coached me.

Deb accused me of not being able to reassemble without any left over screws. Possibly some psychology on her part?

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