Remember that vanagon I bought recently? How I wrote about something probably being stuck in the ventilator in the roof? Today, I unscrewed the inside lid used to open and close it so that I could look inside. And promptly found several little wasps’ nests.
Not the most pleasant scenario, but I was glad I checked. The thought of turning on the ventilation on a hot summer day and getting angry wasps blown into the back of the car is definitely not my idea of a fun trip to the lake. Now, it’s winter and the car is parked outside, so if there were any insects in there, they wouldn’t be able to move quickly.
Getting those nests out of there was not all that easy, as I couldn’t climb on the roof: It doesn’t hold weight and very much gives in. I couldn’t figure out a way to easily remove the lattice, either. In the end, I used a screwdriver to poke at the nests until the came loose. I first tried to break them down into little peaces with said screwdriver, which promised to turn into a long, somewhat exhausting process. Then, I remembered that the ventilation was quite powerful and that a powerful ventilator works very similarly to a shredder.
“It’s not stupid if it works”, I suppose. Now, the ventilation is running very smoothly and I have my second small success since buying the car. The first one was replacing the trunk lid lifters (or whatever these are called). Go, me!