Do our trucks have the cabin air filter?

 

Yes and no. You can find more information if you do a subject search in the interior forum. The cabin airfilter assembly is an option. Other posts say its about $150 from the dealer.

 

No, but Ford offered an install kit for a few years. The kit is NLA, but the separate pieces are. I have all the part numbers at work. I'll post them later on today.

SL

 

ok, thanks!

 

Sorry about the delay, I completely forgot yesterday.

The part numbers I have for the cabin air filter install are:

F65Z-19B736-AA Cabin filter cover
F65Z-19871-AA Cover bracket "A"
F65Z-19871-BA Cover bracket "B"
W701696-S421 Bracket mounting screw
N605758-S58 Cover mounting bolt

The cover and brackets ARE the same numbers included in the F65Z-18D477-AA Cabin air filter kit, which was obsoleted long ago. The screws and bolts are NOT the same as what came in the kit. Because Ford decided not to assign part numbers for the screws and bolts in the kit, I had to find suitable, albeit not exact, replacements.

Installation: Under the dash, below the glove box area, you will see a trapezoid shaped cover held in place by three screws. Remove the screws and cover to reveal the pre-fabbed duct work.

The brackets come tapped with 4MM holes. I searched the dealers hardware bins for 4MM bolts with either built-in or captured washers, but could find none. I opted to go up a size to 5MM bolts with built-in washers. To use these, you will need to drill the existing holes out with an 11/64 bit, and re-tap the holes to 5 X 0.8MM. Very easy, took about twenty minutes to do.

Looking upward from the floorboard, you'll see a blockoff plate that's molded into the ductwork. It's approx. 1 X 9" (going from memory here). Cut the blockoff plate out.

Using the W701696-S421 screws, mount the brackets to their respective bosses.

Here's where it gets a little tricky. Holding the cover in place, thread one or more of the N605758-S58 bolts in, JUST ENOUGH to feel the bolt give resistance. Back it out one turn, and take note of how much clearance is between the cover and the bolt's washer. This is how much the bolt needs to be trimmed by cutting/filing/grinding, or however you choose to make the bolt shorter.

**Added: You can bypass the custom work of re-tapping holes, and trimming bolts, by locating 4mm bolts of the correct pitch. It helps to have one of the brackets with you.**

Once you've finished trimming the bolts, get yourself a cabin filter

Baldwin PA4133
Hastings AF1057
Fram CF-8631
Motorcraft FP7A
Purolator C45384
Wix 24876

put it in, bolt the cover down, and you're done!

Then it's Miller Time.

SL

 

Thanks a lot SL! Doesn't seem hard at all.

 

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One still available....maybe....old update.

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No it isn't, I called them. They said they've been gone for a while.

SL

 

Hello all...I have determined that my recently purchased 2004 F-150 Heritage Edition does not have the installed cabin air filter option; however I want to add one. (Family members with allergies and keeping the cabin cleaner). Keep in mind that my heritage edition is the 97-03 body style, so that is the option we are talking about here. I contacted two local Ford dealers and they both claimed to have done a nationwide dealer search and no dealer has the cabin air filter kit.

So I'm asking anyone who sees this post - does anyone want to sell me the kit if you have it installed on your truck. Maybe you are soon getting rid of the truck?

Or, can anyone take the kit off as if they were changing the filter, and take some good quality pictures of it with dimensions so that I could possibly fabricate the cover plate myself.

I greatly appreciate any help. I also have heard that the expeditions and navigators also have this same filter kit, so that could work as well.

Thanks!

 

The Navy kit is the same, and also obsolete. You don't need (or want) to fab your own stuff, all the part numbers are listed above.

SL

 

Why not try a salvage yard for your pieces. I haven't just tryin to give options.

 

I have been to every salvage yard within 50 miles of home. Apparently, it was a scarcely installed dealer option. None of the vehicles had it. Strangely enough, there were very few F-series trucks or Expeditions in the yards - must all still be drivin' down the road!

 

Does anyone have pics of one installed? What to cut out, brackets mounted, etc. I might have found a vendor that carries the parts. Gonna order next week and report back.

 

anybody?

 

Nope... Even though Carpartsestore.com lists the parts as active. I placed the order last night, paid through Paypal... this morning there was an email and a refund. No longer available.