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I didnt do this filter mod, but I do have a Volant intake and they just put a hole and a gromet so you can secure the filterminder assembly on the filter box. The filterminder basically become useless, its not gonna tell me if my filter is clogged with dust but it might tell me if both the fender intake and the ramair intake get clogged with debri or some junk. I would have chucked that filterminder but I thought it looked cool attached to my intake box :-)
Can you do a mod like this on the newer 6.0's? Also I am wondering if the new 6.4's are gonna have any options for intake mods? I have already seen cat/filter back exhaust kits for the 6.4's so I guess intake kits/mod are coming soon.
when i was tinkering with the filter box i never saw any wires that were connected to the top of the filter box all i saw was the filter minder so then im assuming that i dont have to worry about the wires?
when i was tinkering with the filter box i never saw any wires that were connected to the top of the filter box all i saw was the filter minder so then im assuming that i dont have to worry about the wires?
Doesnt your filter minder have an electrical plug/wires? Mine did so when you are driving and your filter gets clogged it trips a senor in the minder and then trips a light on the dash.
when i was tinkering with the filter box i never saw any wires that were connected to the top of the filter box all i saw was the filter minder so then im assuming that i dont have to worry about the wires?
The only wires that go to filter box is on the side. It is the Air Intake Temp Sensor.
Doesnt your filter minder have an electrical plug/wires? Mine did so when you are driving and your filter gets clogged it trips a senor in the minder and then trips a light on the dash.
The filter minder is the little spring loaded device that senses increased vacuum in the filter box. It has green, yellow and red marks on it. It has a reset button on it. The Air Intake Sensor has the wires and senses air temps entering the intake and if it is cold enough, energizes the AIH (Air Intake Heater), if you still have one.
Newer trucks (since 02 i think) have a check filter light on the dash and the filter minder does have a two wire connector going to it on these.
Now that I didn't know. Do they still have the air intake sensor? I helped several friends do the 6637 mod and never ran across that. I guess all were pre 02s.
I have an 02 that didnt have any wires to the minder. I know there is an idiot light for the filter, but it must get the info somewhere else.
Edit: It take it back, I just went out and looked - there is a plug on the minder, but mine must have been unplugged. I found the wire sitting down below.
Last edited by mudmaker; Feb 18, 2007 at 11:33 AM.
Reason: correction
From the manual it starts listing the check filter indicator in 2002, they may have been a mid year insertion though -
Check Air Filter Indicator
The check air filter indicator is hardwired to the air filter indicator switch (located in the air filter housing) and monitors the air flow through the air cleaner. The air filter indicator is powered by the instrument cluster and when air flow is low, the air filter indicator switch provides a ground to the instrument cluster illuminating the check air filter indicator.