[johndon]

First I am a newbee at this forum altough I have been a member for a little while.

I have just had a dual battery installed and when I had a look at it today I find that I will be unable to change the air filter.
Has my elecee put the battery in the wrong place? I gave him the installation sheet supplied with the battery carrier (ARB) so I assume he did it by the instructions. Has anyone had this problem and how did you solve it. I attached some pictures to show the problem.

 

[Chopsy]

My battery tray is an ARB one as well, and it's in the same spot. It's a tight fit to get the air filter housing open, but I can still do it. If I loosen the clips and tilt the top section up I can wiggle it past the rubber hose at the bottom of the last pic without too much of an issue. It's then easy to pull the filter itself out.

 

[Ray!]

That's exactly how it fits. Changing the air filter isn't a problem at all.

Cheers

Ray

 

[the evil twin]

X3

Exact same ARB tray setup in exact same spot and can get to the Filter no probs. Indeed I had it out last night as I checked the Dealer had replaced it on the 80 K service yesterday.

Undo the 4 clips, lift the cover and twist about 15 degrees anti clockwise and slide slightly to the rear over the battery and clears the A/C pipe. The Rad overflow just flops out of the way

 

[johndon]

Thanks Chopsy, Ray and the evil twin, I guess I just didn't try hard enough. I just went out and did the job in a couple of minutes.