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DIY: How to Replace Change Cabin Air Filter Ford Mustang Mach‑E Written Guide with Pictures

writ­ten 3/17/24, updat­ed 5/9/26

Overview

What

Replacing/changing cab­in air fil­ter for a 2023/2024 Ford Mus­tang Mach‑E

Why

Because it’s easy enough to do by your­self and to save mon­ey. Cost adds up!

Materials and Cost

ITEMPRICE
Puro­la­tor Boss PBC31449$26.43 (Ama­zon)
Or if you’d like to stick with OEM:
Motor­craft Cab­in Air Fil­ter (Part #: FP100A)*$30.56 (Ford)
or
$20.97 (Parts­Geek)
*Accord­ing to Ford, Part FP100A is inter­change­able with FP100 and FP99

Time and Effort

Time: 5–10 min­utes

Dif­fi­cul­ty: Easy

Process

Tip: It’s best to be parked where you can com­fort­ably open your pas­sen­ger side door wide

Empty Glove Compartment

  • Take the stuff out of the glove com­part­ment

Lower the Compartment

Remove Stop Arm

  • With the glove com­part­ment open, look to the right side and locate the stop arm. Use a fin­ger to pull it until it pops off
POP!

Press the Tabs

  • Then press the tabs on either side of the glove com­part­ment to unhook the box
Tabs on either side
Close-up

  • It will swing down­wards. Just leave it there. It does­n’t need to come out.

Note: If you did­n’t unload the con­tents, every­thing gets dumped on the floor…

Open the Filter Cover

  • On either side of the upper­most, sol­id plas­tic, rec­tan­gu­lar door are 2 tabs that keep it in place. Push aside (out­wards) the plas­tic tabs until both sides free from the lit­tle tab. Be care­ful not to break any­thing!!

Hint: you may need to push aside any imped­ing wiring bun­dles.

The right was easy, but the left required two hands: one to push, and one to pull the fil­ter door down

Here’s a close up of the left-side tab from my 2023 Mach‑E. The wiring bun­dle butts up against the tab, mak­ing it dif­fi­cult to remove. The 2024 was much eas­i­er with­out the wiring in the way as much

  • Push up or aside any way­ward wiring bun­dles and reach your fin­gers (or a plas­tic pry tool) up and around the two sky-fac­ing tabs. Pull care­ful­ly down to open the door

Warn­ing: Be care­ful of the met­al frame! It’s sharp!

Remove Old Filter

  • There it is! Just reach in, pull out the old air fil­ter, and note the direc­tion of the air­flow arrow
Ta Da!

Place New Filter

  • Com­pared to the Motor­craft fil­ter, the Puro­la­tor is much stiffer. Just posi­tion and slide it in

All Steps in Reverse

  • Close the fil­ter door and press until you hear/feel the click on both sides

  • Pull the glove com­part­ment back up into posi­tion until the side tabs click into place
  • Replace the stop arm on the side of the com­part­ment by just giv­ing it a nice push
Posi­tion
PUSH!
Boom!

  • Put your stuff back in

All done!

YOU DID IT! Super easy, AND you saved your­self some mon­ey!

How to Fold a Simple Baby Doll Stroller (with Pictures)

writ­ten 10/27/2025, updat­ed 10/27/2025

What

Step by Step guide with pic­tures for fold­ing col­lapsi­ble, sim­ple strollers, whether for baby doll toys or kids

Why

I found it super dif­fi­cult to do the first time and could­n’t find much help on the inter­net quick­ly

Process

Step 1 — Undo Side Stops

Locate the stop mech­a­nism on either side of the mid­dle of the stroller (there’s no need to remove the fab­ric seat), and lift up to release the stop­per

Step 2 — Release the Crossbar

Find the cross­bar on the back side near the wheels, and lift up

Step 3 — Collapse the Stroller

This is the main mech­a­nism of col­laps­ing the stroller. What you’re going to do is press in on the joint in the mid­dle of either side (see 1st pic­ture below) cre­at­ing inward and down­ward force at the same time. Make sure none of the stops have fall­en back down!

Note: If you encounter resis­tance from the stroller (espe­cial­ly if this is the first time fold­ing it), you may need to apply some more force. I had to light­ly pound either side with my fist to make it go. *BE CAREFUL* and mind of your fin­gers!!

I found it eas­i­er to flip the stroller upside down so it would­n’t slide on me so much

All Done!