I see in the 100 series there is a CAF and a thread on how-to replace it. Is there one in the 80? Yay or nay good sirs....
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Can you provide some more details on this? Is that under the vent between the hood and the windshield? How'd you install it? I've been wanting to do this for some time now (I'm in wildfire territory) and haven't seen a solution I've been happy with, but this looks promising!Finally got this figured out. Its in. 99 4 runner but should work with the 80’s. Just changed it out for the first time and the filter was black. No dust on the interior. View attachment 1914540
Yeah that's a big negative.. the reciever drier is for the refrigerant and is located in the left front of the vehicle by the headlight... the evaporator is full of gunk and trash and water due to the nature of how air conditioning works... clean the evaporator and box of the trash and the smell should go away. What makes it worse on the 80 is the lack of cabin airfilter that allows gunk into the evaporator.I had an AC mechanic tell me one time; "You know when people complain about a musty smell in their car, it's the AC Receiver Drier that needs to be replaced". Not sure if anyone else can chime in on this.
There is a great solution for this at solvefunction.com He has one for both LHD and RHD 80s and a replacement filter. Check it out and a lot of other really cool and functional products at:
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Cabin air filter
Cabin air filter for the 80 series Landcruiser or LX450. It was just confirmed that the mirrored version fits on the RHD 80 series! This is made with petg and foam. The hardware in included and assembled. This can be installed with out cutting, remove the cowl and plastic screens. If you have...solvefunction.com