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chevyboy55 · 05-22-2007, 08:23 PM

Anybody have any pics of what your using for a cowl vent debris screen?

JimKshortstep4x4 · 05-22-2007, 08:43 PM

I have been installing 1/4"x1/4" mesh hardware screen in our trucks. I paint the zinc coated screen with flat black and it makes the screen very unnoticable. The screen is cut for the washer nozzles and wiper mechanism. It is held in place by the cowl and the screws that hold the cowl in place as the (four in the middle) go through the screen.

Here is a pic of the screen as installed.

Jim

Sport/Truck · 05-22-2007, 08:57 PM

Where do you get it? Do you get it in the width you need or cut from a sheet?
s/t

WinDancer · 05-22-2007, 09:37 PM

Check out Brothers- that's where i bought mine. Here they are before bolting on the cowl. Fit and workmanship is great

JimKshortstep4x4 · 05-23-2007, 05:49 AM

Sport/Truck,

I bought a 3' long roll of material for $6 (in 2002) and I cut the material in strips, (about 4 1/2" wide). To conserve material I cut the strips in the 3' direction, but have to use (2) pieces. So far I have done (7) of our trucks and have enough material left to do a couple more.

Jim

bouncytruck · 05-23-2007, 11:27 AM

I tried doing that with some of the roll stuff, but I couldn't get it to stay in place when I bolted on the cowl so I gave up.

05-22-2007, 08:23 PM	#1
chevyboy55 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kelso,Wa Posts: 3,637	Cowl Debris Screen Anybody have any pics of what your using for a cowl vent debris screen? __________________ Great minds think alike,So do ours

05-22-2007, 08:43 PM	#2
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Re: Cowl Debris Screen I have been installing 1/4"x1/4" mesh hardware screen in our trucks. I paint the zinc coated screen with flat black and it makes the screen very unnoticable. The screen is cut for the washer nozzles and wiper mechanism. It is held in place by the cowl and the screws that hold the cowl in place as the (four in the middle) go through the screen. Here is a pic of the screen as installed. Jim Attached Images __________________ 1971 Shortbox step side 4x4, 350 sbc, 3:07 rear end 1965 Impala SS 400 sbc, Muncie rock crusher 1966 Impala SS 396 bbc, TH 400 1969 El Camino, 350 sbc, TH 350 1971 Snowplow built on a Blazer frame 1972 GMC Short bed, stepside, TH 400, 427 BBC

05-22-2007, 08:57 PM	#3
Sport/Truck Sierra Grande Club Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Mexico USA Posts: 2,433	Re: Cowl Debris Screen Where do you get it? Do you get it in the width you need or cut from a sheet? s/t __________________ 1971 GMC Sierra Grande, 1/2 ton short wide, original 4 bolt 010 020 block & heads. (matching #'s). 383 stroker, SMI q jet 750 cfm, Lunati Voodoo 60102 cam, Scorpion roller rockers, Spin Tech pro street mufflers with X pipe.

05-22-2007, 09:37 PM	#4
WinDancer The Original HotRod KnifeMaker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tenino, Washington Posts: 811	Re: Cowl Debris Screen Check out Brothers- that's where i bought mine. Here they are before bolting on the cowl. Fit and workmanship is great Attached Images __________________ Dave 69 GMC SWB 2WD 454 Turbo 400

05-23-2007, 05:49 AM	#5
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Re: Cowl Debris Screen Sport/Truck, I bought a 3' long roll of material for $6 (in 2002) and I cut the material in strips, (about 4 1/2" wide). To conserve material I cut the strips in the 3' direction, but have to use (2) pieces. So far I have done (7) of our trucks and have enough material left to do a couple more. Jim __________________ 1971 Shortbox step side 4x4, 350 sbc, 3:07 rear end 1965 Impala SS 400 sbc, Muncie rock crusher 1966 Impala SS 396 bbc, TH 400 1969 El Camino, 350 sbc, TH 350 1971 Snowplow built on a Blazer frame 1972 GMC Short bed, stepside, TH 400, 427 BBC

05-23-2007, 11:27 AM	#6
bouncytruck SKINNY TIRES RULE! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 11,049	Re: Cowl Debris Screen I tried doing that with some of the roll stuff, but I couldn't get it to stay in place when I bolted on the cowl so I gave up. __________________ bouncytruck 1972 K5 The Hauler 1994 K1500 Suburban The Daily2010 Kia Soul Wife's Ride2014 Fiat 500L



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