Cabin Air Filter

If your at all handy , you can make your own from a pleated furnace filter, about $1.50, and some cardboard for the ends. Of course at $3.29 as someone said, its not worth my time.

 

Not easy to do. put the glove box door on the hinge, but in the low position. Then attach the top of the damper. Carefully close the box but use a thin screwdriver in the joint nearest the pass door, to push the damp lower hole in place. Once you find a thin tool to use and do it once , it will be easy from then on.

 

Had my truck since it was new back in 06 and now have 69,000 miles on it AND NOW I find out I have a cabim air filter! Boy don't I feel stupid! I just went out to my truck with a flashlight and dropped the glove box down and wala, there it is. WoW! It's dirty. I will go out tomorrow and buy a new filter. That does explain the smell when I turn on the a/c. Thank you all for this great site. It has really helped me out.

 

The dampener thing sucks! Mine isn't even connected because I can't get it to stay on that plastic end that it clips to. If you take it on/off too many times, the plastic thing gets all messed up. I'll be installing a different ipod interface today and will be in there again. I wonder If I can either toss that damn thing away or actually fix it somehow...

 

IIRC, someone put the damper on then put a screw between the prong things to keep it spread so the thing doesn't fall off.

 

I saw that post somewhere. I'll have to check that out and see what I can do. I'm half tempted to cut that whole thing off and put a bolt on it - but I think it's only attached to flappy piece of plastic

EDIT: The screw worked pretty good. Doesn't have to be a big one. Just small enough to thread into the plastic and keep those plastic prongs apart.