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Just ordered one this morning off Amazon for $15.00 During a long road trip the past two days I was noticing I was coughing and hacking after getting back into the car after being out of it for a while. I've noticed as I get older, pollen allergies are really starting to effect me more. All I can think is after almost 2 years it must be slam full of nasty little things making me ill.
 

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I'll keep my eyes open for one of those ATP's. I just installed the Motorcraft last Monday. Once you figure out how to lower the glovebox all the way, it's easier. The "slider" on the right side pops up and come out of the notch and then you pull in on the sides for the stops to clear.
Getting the filter door back into place was the most difficult. The back notch/holder was a booger to click back into place.
 

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I replaced mine yesterday, it helps if you can do this; since I'm a 57 year old male, I'm taking some Advil today....
Haha. I did mine recently, and I'm only 29 and reasonably fit... and yet it was still a challenge. I was definitely sore for a day.

The next time I do the cabin air filter, the passenger seat is coming out. :D
 

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Haha. I did mine recently, and I'm only 29 and reasonably fit... and yet it was still a challenge. I was definitely sore for a day.

The next time I do the cabin air filter, the passenger seat is coming out. :D
Read my post above, it's really not that hard if you swing the glove box down out of the way. You just have to do a good reach around with the box in the down position. :D
 

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Read my post above, it's really not that hard if you swing the glove box down out of the way. You just have to do a good reach around with the box in the down position. :D
That's what I did. Unless you know what you're feeling for, you still need to somehow get down there to get a visual where the cabin filter door is.


I hate how ford is burying these under the dash (although the mustang isn't as hard as some other cars). I miss the days where they were easily accessible under the windshield cowl.
 

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I finally got around to replacing my cabin air filter after 18 months and 26k miles. Wow, it REALLY needed it. It was so dark, my first thought, I wondered if it was possibly a charcoal filter! I've stopped by a couple parts stores for about a year trying to get the filter and they never carry them. I figured because the car was new and maybe it's a new filter. I finally just bought it from Ford.

For those that haven't done it yet, take Scott's (ScottsGT) advice and drop the glove compartment, it makes it much easier. When I first read it, I didn't understand but it's VERY easy. When you open the glove compartment, on the right side in the lid you will see where a slide bar attaches to the lid. Just pull it up slightly on that bar from outside the glove compartment on the right side and it will disengage. Pull it out just a little to release the glove compartment. Then there are the 2 rubber stops on each side. Just flex the sides in slightly to disengage those and the lid will drop all the way down. There's even a cutout in the cover back there to get to the filter like it was intended to go in that way. The filter has to drop straight down, that's where you'll have to give the reach-around.

Also for those reading about which bit to use, it is definitely a T-20. Just the way Torx bits are, a T-15 will fit in there and catch. Since it's only in plastic, there isn't enough torque to do damage but if you want to use the correct bit, it's a T-20.
 

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I finally got around to replacing my cabin air filter after 18 months and 26k miles. Wow, it REALLY needed it. It was so dark, my first thought, I wondered if it was possibly a charcoal filter! I've stopped by a couple parts stores for about a year trying to get the filter and they never carry them. I figured because the car was new and maybe it's a new filter. I finally just bought it from Ford.

For those that haven't done it yet, take Scott's (ScottsGT) advice and drop the glove compartment, it makes it much easier. When I first read it, I didn't understand but it's VERY easy. When you open the glove compartment, on the right side in the lid you will see where a slide bar attaches to the lid. Just pull it up slightly on that bar from outside the glove compartment on the right side and it will disengage. Pull it out just a little to release the glove compartment. Then there are the 2 rubber stops on each side. Just flex the sides in slightly to disengage those and the lid will drop all the way down. There's even a cutout in the cover back there to get to the filter like it was intended to go in that way. The filter has to drop straight down, that's where you'll have to give the reach-around.

Also for those reading about which bit to use, it is definitely a T-20. Just the way Torx bits are, a T-15 will fit in there and catch. Since it's only in plastic, there isn't enough torque to do damage but if you want to use the correct bit, it's a T-20.
I'm sure you are correct on the torx bit, but I tried to put in a T-20 after reading the posts and was unable to fit it in the hole. I swear I got a smaller bolt head on mine.:frusty:
 

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here's a vid of it

being 6 foot and 250lbs, i wont even try to attempt this.

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Wow, that was fun. I sat backwards on the passenger seat, legs over the seatback/headrest, head in the footwell. Glad I only have to do that every 20K miles.
 

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yep, not gonna happen for me, lol.

i wish they left it in the engine bay.
 

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I did mine last weekend. Car has 18,000 miles on it. The filter came out dirty as hell and had frickin' pine needles in it.

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Glad I changed it out. I sprang for one that that has activated carbon in it to cut down on stank. This one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IW17KQA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I suppose it's working seeing as how I haven't noticed any stank yet this week. So far so good.

I can confirm it was a Torx T-20 screw on mine. I dropped the glovebox to get to it, and it was still a decent pain in the ass. I wouldn't even attempt crawling into the footwell to get to it.
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