StateOfMind
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- Joined
- Oct 3, 2023
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- Orange County CA
- Ram Year
- 2018
- Engine
- 5.7 Hemi
Greetings good people. While changing my air filter, I popped open the 4 clips, and I heard 1 fall. I managed to locate the clip, but it wouldn't secure back on to the air cleaner box. It'll hold the lid, but it doesn't stay attached to the box. I popped out the housing, and realized the little tab on the housing was broken. Not the end of the world, but I know that one of these days I'll forget it's not secure, and I'll loose it. The broken tab is not in an accessible area where plastic welding or other repair could be made.
Considering that this snapped, I'm guessing others have had the issue.
A new housing is a ridiculous price. I'm tempted to just leave it as future guy's problem, but I like to fix the details along the way, before it all adds up
Can any of you share a fix? The pics show the retaining hole with center strip of plastic missing, second pic is the clip itself,![1000002066.jpg 1000002066.jpg](https://www.ramforum.com/data/attachments/532/532360-e645565847932b3886a2e38f9e789fb8.jpg)
![1000002067.jpg 1000002067.jpg](https://www.ramforum.com/data/attachments/532/532361-1e3ead254d86541700449d4d05a379a0.jpg)
Considering that this snapped, I'm guessing others have had the issue.
A new housing is a ridiculous price. I'm tempted to just leave it as future guy's problem, but I like to fix the details along the way, before it all adds up
Can any of you share a fix? The pics show the retaining hole with center strip of plastic missing, second pic is the clip itself,
![1000002066.jpg 1000002066.jpg](https://www.ramforum.com/data/attachments/532/532360-e645565847932b3886a2e38f9e789fb8.jpg)
![1000002067.jpg 1000002067.jpg](https://www.ramforum.com/data/attachments/532/532361-1e3ead254d86541700449d4d05a379a0.jpg)