Electrical connector missing from filter minder
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Electrical connector missing from filter minder
2003 7.3......While looking at my air filter I noticed that there was no electrical connector to my filter minder on my stock air box. I couldn't find it hanging loose anywhere, but I've never noticed an electrical connector attached in the past. Is the connector deleted on some engines? Maybe this is a generic filter minder that can be used with engines that have the dash indicator...and mine doesn't?
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I never noticed that particular icon on my dash. Therefore, I assume it is just a generic minder?
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My '03 7.3 has an electrical connector on the filter minder, as well as the restricted filter icon in the instrument cluster.
I thought this was standard on '02 and '03 as our '02 Ex has it as well. Could be just Lariat/Limited packages?
I thought this was standard on '02 and '03 as our '02 Ex has it as well. Could be just Lariat/Limited packages?
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That is a cool feature. I wonder if, like the cruise indicator for early '99, its already on our '00-'01 dashes waiting to be awakened...
I see on the filterminder website they make electonic sender versions.
I see on the filterminder website they make electonic sender versions.
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My F250 is a fully loaded Lariat. I'll go out in a bit to see if it lights up on the dash, but again, I've never noticed it. I do know that I'm missing the electrical wires and connector that plugs into my filter minder.
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IIRC, when they went through some minor changes beginning of the '02 model year (including the dash redesign), Ford went to a wired filter minder that illuminated a light on the dash if it is either disconnected or if the minder is pulled all the way in. My XLT has it.
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I used it for something similar, and I went all over the back side of the instrument panel looking for anything else.
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This thing has me baffled. I don't ever remember unplugging or removing the electrical connection. Can anyone tell me where their wires lead to? Maybe I can trace mine if I know where the wires go to.
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Dang connector fell down in that exact location. Why and how it came unplugged I have no clue. Maybe I unplugged it a long time ago while changing out the filter and forgot about it.
Having become unplugged, would that cause the minder not to function? I asked this in another thread saying that my minder stays bottomed out and never moves.