Engine Air Box Melted

[JCat]

I have a 2004 Mandalay 40D which has an air box between the air intake and the engine air filter.
I recently had the RV serviced and they replaced the air filter.
They failed to tighten the hose between the air box and the air filter and the box shifted down and ended up on top of the exhaust pipe.

This caused the air box to melt onto the exhaust pipe.  I was able to get it off and patch it, and secure it off the exhaust.

In checking with Mandalay they said the air box was a plastic molded box and that the mold has been destroyed due to no orders in many years.

Here are my questions:
Do I need an air box ?
Do you have one on your RV (my friends RV's do not, Tiffin and Monaco) ?
If I really need one, can I even get something to replace the patched one I have ?

Thanks

[wolfe10]

Ya, that is not a "wear component". So should be able to find one in a wrecking yard.

Shoot pictures of it and do a search for "RV Salvage Yards".

And, if you can find out who made it (Mandalay likely did NOT-- they bought it from someone) and the PN, you can find out who else bought that particular PN.

Worse case, you can take it to a sheet metal fabricator and have a metal one made.

[Two_Hands]

What did Mandalay say?

[Tom_Barb]

Check salvage yards