to pull the front out so we're going to start with plastic panels
and that one's barely in here
just set them aside
all right got the plastic panels off now you got to take out the front liner gently go around
but be very careful because your front has two front lights you have to disconnect these
the lights stay in the liner just disconnect the wires pull that out
we're halfway there
next step would be to use a you need a 10 millimeter socket
to remove the bolts i am apparently missing some over the years i did pick this model x up used
almost three about three years ago roughly so let's pull that out i'll go around and
unscrew all the 10 millimeter bolts
i like doing things the smart way not the hard way
so i'm using my cordless drill with a socket attachment
so
set that down
oops if you lift by the gasket seal it might pop off sure i'm not getting anything here
and be very careful uh because of course you got the light wires you can shove those through the
bottom and there's like a little cut out in the front of your front shove that down there
so car what do you guys think easy peasy right
to clean your biohazard filter and it's not just a biohazard filter but this is the same filter
whether you have biodefense mode on or not first thing you want to do before removing it
is either vacuum
or blow any loose dust off so it doesn't get into the system
now tesla's replacement cost for these is about 250 just for the part realistically it doesn't
work all that well and cleaning it seems to yield the exact same results so what holds the filter
in is actually the front compartment without the front compartment bolted in you can lift it
right out and there is the air intake right there and there's also our 12 volt battery so
i'm going to do the money shot here
so
uh
done you can also vacuum it out real good i'm not gonna do that because my dyson already is
drained from vacuuming up all the kids chips in the car so let's put the filter back in
and reinstall your front
and we'll put the front compartment back in
okay before you go screwing it in case you have to wiggle stuff you
can put the wires back through for the two lights
and go ahead and screw in your 10 millimeter socket or a bolt oh gosh today
okay
so
and i'm missing one two
three that's cracked off so over the years tesla services lost a few of them
uh that would be tesla servicing uh
boston that's where i bought this from and next we undo the
felt insert
connect up your wires for the lights
it's in there all nice and good
and here's the fun part is trying to tuck the felt back under the rubber gasket
i do recommend doing this more in the shade or in the evening if possible
or in the garage i just got too much junk in my garage
it's a workshop i can't get my work in
just work your way around
plastics
do the front one first as long as you're in here and you have the plastics off
give your front latch good shot of silicon or wd-40
because especially if you're in a salt belt area those rust and then they don't want to work
now even though the first responders loop should be underneath the plastics make sure that tag
is above that's to let the first responders know that's where they need to be even though there's
a sticker here so just sticking out just a little bit is always nice never caused any trouble for me
that's it we are done 100 done now all you got to do is hop in your vehicle and drive
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