I thought I’d give this a go, since it seems to be a challenge
I didn’t need to hold the clutch pedal down or unbolt anything in the steering - just needed a couple of less common tools.
After removing the side trim/footrest, I used a 5.5mm miniature open ended spanner to remove the bottom screw to the filter cover, and a miniature socket ratchet with 5.5mm socket for the other (quicker than lots of part turns with the spanner). To remove the filter I just squashed the top down and fed it out behind the clutch pedal. To get the new filter in I squeezed it in the centre which forms a ‘fan’ shape (see photos), and posted the top and bottom bits into the housing - it 'held' itself in the squashed shape. (check the airflow arrow!). Once most of it was in, it sprung back to being square and just slid in the rest of the way. Replaced the screws and put the panel back. Total time less than 10 minutes (excluding removing and replacing the footrest panel).
The mini spanners came from an electronics workshop years ago.. https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/spanner-sets/1848033/ and the 1/4 drive socket set (made by Stanley) was from Lidl I think! Its too small for anything 'serious', but ideal in this situation.
The new filter, a genuine Fiat one from Shop4Parts was pure white. The one that came out was dirty, but also looked like it may have had an activated charcoal in it too - uniformly grey, and not from dirt.
I didn’t need to hold the clutch pedal down or unbolt anything in the steering - just needed a couple of less common tools.
After removing the side trim/footrest, I used a 5.5mm miniature open ended spanner to remove the bottom screw to the filter cover, and a miniature socket ratchet with 5.5mm socket for the other (quicker than lots of part turns with the spanner). To remove the filter I just squashed the top down and fed it out behind the clutch pedal. To get the new filter in I squeezed it in the centre which forms a ‘fan’ shape (see photos), and posted the top and bottom bits into the housing - it 'held' itself in the squashed shape. (check the airflow arrow!). Once most of it was in, it sprung back to being square and just slid in the rest of the way. Replaced the screws and put the panel back. Total time less than 10 minutes (excluding removing and replacing the footrest panel).
The mini spanners came from an electronics workshop years ago.. https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/spanner-sets/1848033/ and the 1/4 drive socket set (made by Stanley) was from Lidl I think! Its too small for anything 'serious', but ideal in this situation.
The new filter, a genuine Fiat one from Shop4Parts was pure white. The one that came out was dirty, but also looked like it may have had an activated charcoal in it too - uniformly grey, and not from dirt.
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