Let's brainstorm and solve the issue of excessive dust inside the cab of a 2014 Ford F150. The 2009-2014 F150 is not equipped with cabin air filtration.
I drive 70 - 80 miles a day on sand and gravel roads. The cab of my truck gets dusty. I don't physically see it floating around inside, but I have to wipe my speedometer housing down at least once a week because it gets to the point I can't hardly see how fast I'm driving. I hit Bills carwash every week simply to use their vacuums and window cleaner to knock the dust down.
What I'd like is an electonic filtration unit that I can slide under the rear seat that uses 12v power. I want to be able to turn it on when I'm in my truck so that the air is being filtered. Do you have any ideas?
I have cut a hole in the evaporator housing from inside the glove box so that I can clean the coil. I will clean it a few times a year and the water looks like mud as it rinses off. I simply silicone the panel back on to the housing.
My Silverado is a model that got rid of cabin filters. However, the opening for the filter was still "there," you just had to know about it, cut it out with a Dremel or some other blade, and then put the cabin filter in, along with an aftermarket filter door kit. Any chance your model F-150 has the same thing going on?
The 2009-2014 F150 is not equipped with cabin air filtration.
Are you sure? The reason I ask is because a quick Google says the 2014 model's cabin air filter is behind the glove box. In fact here is a video on the 2014 eff juan fify:
Originally posted by Palm: My Silverado is a model that got rid of cabin filters. However, the opening for the filter was still "there," you just had to know about it, cut it out with a Dremel or some other blade, and then put the cabin filter in, along with an aftermarket filter door kit. Any chance your model F-150 has the same thing going on?
There is not a retrofit available, unfortunately. There is not a ghost remaining that I can resurrect
Originally posted by Palm: My Silverado is a model that got rid of cabin filters. However, the opening for the filter was still "there," you just had to know about it, cut it out with a Dremel or some other blade, and then put the cabin filter in, along with an aftermarket filter door kit. Any chance your model F-150 has the same thing going on?
My 2007 Chevy TrailBlazer was the same way. My wife's 2003 had it, so I was going to use that as a template for adding it to my 2007, but then the 2003 died and I traded-in my 2007 for a Jeep Grand Cherokee, which has the cabin air filter.
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Look in woodworking supply catalogs and see if they have anything small enough to do what you're thinking. Could use a dc to ac convertor if they do...
Otherwise you'd just have to start from scratch with some kind of fan that has a filter media taped to one side of it....
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If you have your a/c on recirculating or max a/c, you shouldn't be getting dust inside from outside as you're not sucking air from outside and blowing it inside.
