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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:48 PM
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Aesome idea man!




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i did mine yesterday it was full of leaves. Thanks for show how to do it. Here is some pics.
WOW! Thats a ton of leaves
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 02:57 PM
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I was crusing past West Marine today (before I saw Carmutts post) and stopped in.

My hole saw was just a hair too small, but with my dremmel, it was no sweat.

Good thing I didn't need to do this....

I like the clear cap, as I'm easily alerted to more crap entering my heater well. You wouldn't believe how much stuff was in there. I'm actually getting better fuel mileage because of all the excess weight I removed..... and my heater door actually closes now !

Can't say thanks enough for such a great idea. When I see stinkbugs crawling around in there, I can just laugh as they perish..... and stink up my truck !


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Old Dec 21, 2011 | 08:42 PM
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Great idea...parts arrived Monday and 30 minutes later I vacuumed out a good amount of leaves, dust, dirt and lint. Definitely has improved my heat situation.

Buck
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Old Dec 21, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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Just a side note: Had mid '70 Chevrolet trucks....if stuff went down the de-froster vents from the dash, the stuff would sometimes fall out the heater vents onto the floor. Could this happen in our 1st gen trucks?

Had a live round 30-06, and a bunch of 22 shorts show up on the floor of the Chev.......
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by NJTman
I was crusing past West Marine today (before I saw Carmutts post) and stopped in.

My hole saw was just a hair too small, but with my dremmel, it was no sweat.

Good thing I didn't need to do this....

I like the clear cap, as I'm easily alerted to more crap entering my heater well. You wouldn't believe how much stuff was in there. I'm actually getting better fuel mileage because of all the excess weight I removed..... and my heater door actually closes now !

Can't say thanks enough for such a great idea. When I see stinkbugs crawling around in there, I can just laugh as they perish..... and stink up my truck !


T.
where did you get those floor mats?
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 10:32 PM
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Jaybird, where did you get the Ram emblem? Thanks, Mike
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by studie
where did you get those floor mats?
They're not originally truck floor mats... They're comfort floor mats from Homedeepblow, in their flooring section. I used 3 or 4 of them to fit my floor, as I'm not a fan of carpet in any way shape or form.

They work great, really thick (noise reduction) and when you need to you can individually remove each side to clean underneath or let the water out.....
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 07:04 PM
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Looks Great ! Will have to do this soon myself.
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 07:29 PM
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Dang ....wish you'd done this before i cut the big ol' sqaure hole in mine...lol Awsome job carrmann!!
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 07:41 PM
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Ram emblem

Santaclaus I got the ram head from the center Of the center caps I put on my truck. It was the center I cut out for the front hubs.
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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The boarder patrol will like it to.
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by hounddogks76
Dang ....wish you'd done this before i cut the big ol' sqaure hole in mine...lol Awsome job carrmann!!
Ditto, .... my hatchet job is nothing like this neat, but does the job. "If I ever have it to do over...."
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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Great job! I didn't know Beckson made black ports!
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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That's the best idea I've seen for closing and dressing the hole, big thumbs up!
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by hounddogks76
Dang ....wish you'd done this before i cut the big ol' sqaure hole in mine...lol Awsome job carrmann!!
I agree...too late for me as well...unless I grab another heater/A/C assembly to swap in, just so I can have that cool round access panel....Hmmmm


Not sure how I missed this the first time round...but thank you to those who brought it back up top.
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