Refer vent screen or not?

[geezernbabe]

Putting on the new vent now . Thought I would replace the real cool wooden one the PO had up there. I looked in the forum about screen and did not see anything. So is it screen or no screen?

[silverleeper]

Definitely screen. It keeps the bugs out.

[geezernbabe]

Thanks, I also have a F-250 4x4 w/390 but it's a 1974.

[vswingfield]

Unless you screen the louvers on the access door (like my ’83 Excella), if you have those, what’s the point in screening the top vent? My ’67 Trade Wind has a solid access door, but the opening in the floor is “screened” with “hardware cloth,” a term that describes essentially very course screen. In my case, it is about 3/16” and is hardly a barrier to insects.

[centennialman]

Yes....definitely put a screen on. Keeps insects, birds, rodents etc.... out

[willyd]

Must have a screen to keep the critters out.