Cabin Filter install

Dirty Air Filter
+ Dogs Farting in Truck
= Smell that soaks into every crack of the truck!

 

Mine looked like yours, I hadn't changed it .... ever....oopsie .... now my cabin can breathe again! Thanks to all for nudging me to do this today, took advantage of the unseasonable November weather....it had to be 60 with a wind from the south......nice and toasty...oh & clean cabin air too.

 

i tried this last night on mine, but i couldnt seem to get the glove box off. What do you do?? is there some clamps or something holding it on?? i pulled and pulled, i couldnt get it to come off of there.

 

I squeezed the sides then popped off the stupid plastic cylinder on the right side. It looks like a small shock absorber. After that there are 3 spots on the bottom where its hinged. Just tug it off, thats what I did. Getting it back on is the fun part

 

Basic question here --

I bought an aftermarket replacement filter off *bay for my 2007 taco doublecab - the cabin filter is mostly filter paper with two flimsy plastic strips as side supports. I've done this a few times and it's been a while since I had a factory one which had markings indicating direction of installation.

When the filter slides into the slot behind the glovebox, should the plastic strips be running front to back (parallel to direction of travel) or should the be running left to right (parallel to the firewall)

Thanks,
Mark

 

There was a pic of the filter pulled part of the way out in Post#16 of this thread.....can you answer your question from how the filter looks in that pic?

That filter even shows the arrow for direction....

 

Another thread resurected from the dead

 

Great Thread! Now I need to go home and check mine, I still smell dust from the last wheeling trip!

 

Thanks for pointing that out. I had missed it on my first pass through.

Turns out I've got my filter in wrong as of right now -- I'll be fixing that tonight.

 

trdracing5

That's how my 08 looked. Amazing how they get to looking. I don't even have any trees around close either but it looked like yours.

Steve E...........

 

I wonder why the heck they didnt put a filter inthe 2005 tacoma,i had to replace my bloer and resisitor im sure a filter might have helped prevent this.

 

I guess I should change mine, its been 20k miles since I bought my truck, never changed it. Damn

 

Toyota told me this part was $70, but i found it at a local parts shop and replaced it myself for 12.95