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Mr. Sinister
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I took some step by step pics a few weeks ago when I was servicing all of the work trucks.
Hopefully this will help anyone who has problems changing their air filter or never has done this before.
After doing this a few times, it can easily be completed in the matter of a few minutes tops.
I always use Motorcraft filters:
The intake is located along the driver's side of the engine bay by the fender. The air filter is held in by those 4 clips and some tabs and pins on the bottom.
You'll start by releasing those four clips:
Next, grab the side towards the front of the truck and pull it upward slightly and then outward (away from the filter)
Do the same on the opposite side of the filter....upward and away from the filter:
Once you have separated both sides....remove the old air filter:
You can see the pins that locate the filter in the engine compartment (as well as the square on the side of the filter):
And the slots in the bottom of the filter that the stock ducting/plumbing locks into:
Tabs on the stock ducting:
Installing the new filter is simply the opposite. Drop the new filter in, aligning the pins in the bottom and the square on the side.
Then reinstall the stock intake ducting. Making sure to insert the tabs into the slots on the air filter:
Next, just secure the four clips up top and you are done.
Hopefully this will help anyone who has problems changing their air filter or never has done this before.
After doing this a few times, it can easily be completed in the matter of a few minutes tops.
I always use Motorcraft filters:
The intake is located along the driver's side of the engine bay by the fender. The air filter is held in by those 4 clips and some tabs and pins on the bottom.
You'll start by releasing those four clips:
Next, grab the side towards the front of the truck and pull it upward slightly and then outward (away from the filter)
Do the same on the opposite side of the filter....upward and away from the filter:
Once you have separated both sides....remove the old air filter:
You can see the pins that locate the filter in the engine compartment (as well as the square on the side of the filter):
And the slots in the bottom of the filter that the stock ducting/plumbing locks into:
Tabs on the stock ducting:
Installing the new filter is simply the opposite. Drop the new filter in, aligning the pins in the bottom and the square on the side.
Then reinstall the stock intake ducting. Making sure to insert the tabs into the slots on the air filter:
Next, just secure the four clips up top and you are done.