Cabin Filter

klr650goldwing wrote:
Last night after work I looked under the glove box in my truck. There was a panel down there with two screws holding it in and I thought I might be in luck. So I pulled it off and discovered another panel with hex head sheet metal type screws holding it in. However, two of those screws are located way up(10") behind the glove box area. My wife came home about then and we went off to dinner.

Now, just thinking about the location of those two screws makes me think there is NO filter behind them. I'll need to lose a lot of weight in order to get my arm way up in that narrow area where the screws are located. It just seems to me that Ford wouldn't make it THAT difficult to change the filter, so I'm thinking there is no filter.

Greg,

There is a slim chance that a filter mount kit is available, derived from the O'Riley link that member, enblethen gave above. The link is http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/WIX0/24250/N2234.oap. It might just be a hardware accessory fastner kit. It does mention that Wix cabin filters do filter odors though.

When outside air is contaminated, I just use the Max A/C setting like several other guys. This setting recirculates the same cabin air instead of drawing in dust and prairie fire smoke, found even on I-94. It also more deeply removes humidity by repeated passes, which is harder to otherwise accomplish when the fresh air setting constantly brings more in from outside. If it gets too cold, I add a bit of heat, but at least the cabin air stays cleaner and drier for folks with a serious respiratory condition, like my VA buddy.

Wes
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