AE air filter removal

[Mr_Canoehead]

I tried to put the filter back together with the shift actuator on and had a heck of a time with it. I finally gave in and took the lever off to get things back where they needed to be. An air filter shouldn't be that difficult to change.

This kind of poor engineering is pretty common despite how deplorable it is. Lots of these stories--like my father's 1967 Buick Wildcat (now THERE'S an oxymoron) on which you had to remove the rear bumper to replace the tail light bulbs. And I seem to remember a Corvette where you had to pull the engine to replace spark plugs.

I don't know about Corvettes, but in High School, I had a friend with a V8 Monza. The shop manual called to lift the motor to replace the plugs on one side. Our shop teacher had us cut a hole in the fender and then make a removable plate to cover the hole. Why the factory never thought of that is beyond me. The Monza was designed for the Wankel and when, at the last minute, GM dumped it the existing engines were shoe-horned in.

More recently, I had a Ford Expedition that took me 3 hours to replace 8 plugs and you had to do it regularly or the plugs would seize in the head and either break off or strip the threads on replacement.

 

[Spud]

Here is what I found when I checked the air filter on my AE

I've seen a lot of farkles on these bikes, but a built in Jiffy Popper is a first.

If it's any consolation, I find the filter on my NON-AE to also be way harder than necessary to get to.

 

[Harald]

Mouse stash in the filter is not an AE specific malady. Here's my 07 FJR filter a few years back:

That's poisoned mouse bait in there.

 

[Craigar]

Mouse stash in the filter is not an AE specific malady. Here's my 07 FJR filter a few years back:
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That's poisoned mouse bait in there.

Smart mouse.

 

[Harald]

Mouse stash in the filter is not an AE specific malady. Here's my 07 FJR filter a few years back:

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That's poisoned mouse bait in there.

Smart mouse.

He never came back to retrieve his stash, so I'm assuming he wasn't smart enough to not sample what he was stashing.

 

[roger dodger]

Another rationalization...

"Honey, We need a new(er) FJR 'cause it will help kill all the damn mice in the garage!"