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Green Cotton Air Filter (2) | 18/09/03 | |
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| The nodules and the corners trimed. | |
| Initially I tried to fit the filter in the same direction as the original with the 'lip' pointing into the wing of the car. However I found that the filter was around 5mm to tall for this and so decided to reverse it as shown. This should not cause a problem as I don’t believe the filter to be directional (However if anyone known this not to be the case then let me know.). I was unable to install the filter in this direction either. It would fit in the middle but not the ends. In order to understand why this was I removed the filter box by un clipping the hose's (shown in blue on other page) and undoing the clips for the Air and breather pipes. |
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| With the box removed the problem could be seen. The filter was still a 2-3mm to tall but would flex the middle of the box. To get around this I decided to persuade the ends of the filter closer with a small piece of wood and a hammer (dont you just love hand made parts). Once tweaked it was a nice snug fit ready for installing. Which if you have not figured is just the two bolts and reconnect the hose's. A word of warning : While doing this I seem to have knocked off the wire to the starter motor. If you get back in your car and get nothing when you turn the key check this first. |