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yurtle · 10-26-2001, 06:26 PM

I feel like an idiot. How do you remove the air filter housing from a 2000 5.9 Dodge Ram? It feels like there is a bolt inside it that runs down into a bracket on the manifold. I can't believe that bracket has to come off. What gives?

Thanks

Pavemen · 10-26-2001, 07:33 PM

5.9 gas or 5.9 diesel?

If it is the gas model, then it should be a single bolt on the driver/rear of the housing that will loosen the strap that clamps the housing to the TB. Remove teh air tub from the fender to the housing and then loosen the bolt, the ring and housing will come off. Careful with the cheap (don't mean inexpensive) cardboard gasket between the housing and the TB.

If it is the diesel, I have no idea. Sorry

yurtle · 10-26-2001, 08:26 PM

That is what I thought. Gas, BTW. I can get it off the throttle body, but it won't pull off. There is something holding it down, and it feels like it is inside the extension that runs from the bottom of the air box to the bracket below it. Hard to describe - I'll try to get a pic.

Pavemen · 10-27-2001, 11:08 AM

There is also a little nub in the front near the a/c compressor that the housing is snapped onto, then there is the breather tube from the driver side valve cover attached to the back of the housing.

You also need to open up that strap as far as it will go (without separating the ends of course) and wiggle it up.

AggieLR · 10-29-2001, 09:20 PM

don't know if u've gotten it, but at the front passenger side base of the box is a rod stickin outta your manifold up into the box holdin it on

10-26-2001, 06:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
yurtle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Member # 4288 Location: Manteca, CA Posts: 302	Really stupid q - 2000 5.9 air filter box removal I feel like an idiot. How do you remove the air filter housing from a 2000 5.9 Dodge Ram? It feels like there is a bolt inside it that runs down into a bracket on the manifold. I can't believe that bracket has to come off. What gives? Thanks

10-26-2001, 07:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Pavemen Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Member # 5670 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,788	5.9 gas or 5.9 diesel? If it is the gas model, then it should be a single bolt on the driver/rear of the housing that will loosen the strap that clamps the housing to the TB. Remove teh air tub from the fender to the housing and then loosen the bolt, the ring and housing will come off. Careful with the cheap (don't mean inexpensive) cardboard gasket between the housing and the TB. If it is the diesel, I have no idea. Sorry __________________ Nothing to see here, move along

10-27-2001, 11:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Pavemen Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Member # 5670 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,788	There is also a little nub in the front near the a/c compressor that the housing is snapped onto, then there is the breather tube from the driver side valve cover attached to the back of the housing. You also need to open up that strap as far as it will go (without separating the ends of course) and wiggle it up. __________________ Nothing to see here, move along

10-29-2001, 09:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
AggieLR Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Member # 6036 Location: Livingston, TX Posts: 770	don't know if u've gotten it, but at the front passenger side base of the box is a rod stickin outta your manifold up into the box holdin it on __________________ Landon '07 Dodge 2500, '94 Toyota...just about like the one that burned down

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10-26-2001, 08:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
yurtle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Member # 4288 Location: Manteca, CA Posts: 302	That is what I thought. Gas, BTW. I can get it off the throttle body, but it won't pull off. There is something holding it down, and it feels like it is inside the extension that runs from the bottom of the air box to the bracket below it. Hard to describe - I'll try to get a pic.