I am not sure of the date range that this will work for. I have seen pics of a 98 and it will work up to 11. If anyone knows when the TC air intake changed please post it.
I did not invent this. A fellow in Lincolnsonline handle 98TC-Cartier posted it back in 2011.
At least up to 11 Town Cars did not come with a cabin air filter. This fellow found one that almost fits. 1999-2010 Jeep grand Cherokee. ATP CF134 or Hastings AFC1229 or Wix 24903. I bought a on sale GKI CF1062 for $3.62 because I wanted to see it work before thinking about a possibly better quality filter.
It took me about 1/2 hour to do the task including vacuuming the screen that sits below the new filter.
Here is the jeep filter.
The cowl cover is really easy, unlike the Ford or Merc where you have to remove the wipers and the whole cover. On the Lincoln you just need to remove the small right hand section which is held in by two long plastic screws with #1 Phillips heads. The end one is a minor pain as it is located close to the hood.
Then pull back the weather strip and remove the panel. You will see a rectangular metal framed hole with a screen at the bottom. That is the intake. It took a vacuum or maybe a blower to get it clean. You may note that the two narrow ends are not square in the vertical plane. In that way it is a trapezoid. I tried to slope my handiwork to match the frame on the side I cut.
I sliced off the filter medium to the 13 & 1/4" length and wrapped a bit of the paper outer frame around the end and glued it together. Used tape to hold it while drying. I am very happy with this particular glue for general purpose.
I did not invent this. A fellow in Lincolnsonline handle 98TC-Cartier posted it back in 2011.
At least up to 11 Town Cars did not come with a cabin air filter. This fellow found one that almost fits. 1999-2010 Jeep grand Cherokee. ATP CF134 or Hastings AFC1229 or Wix 24903. I bought a on sale GKI CF1062 for $3.62 because I wanted to see it work before thinking about a possibly better quality filter.
It took me about 1/2 hour to do the task including vacuuming the screen that sits below the new filter.
Here is the jeep filter.
The cowl cover is really easy, unlike the Ford or Merc where you have to remove the wipers and the whole cover. On the Lincoln you just need to remove the small right hand section which is held in by two long plastic screws with #1 Phillips heads. The end one is a minor pain as it is located close to the hood.
Then pull back the weather strip and remove the panel. You will see a rectangular metal framed hole with a screen at the bottom. That is the intake. It took a vacuum or maybe a blower to get it clean. You may note that the two narrow ends are not square in the vertical plane. In that way it is a trapezoid. I tried to slope my handiwork to match the frame on the side I cut.
I sliced off the filter medium to the 13 & 1/4" length and wrapped a bit of the paper outer frame around the end and glued it together. Used tape to hold it while drying. I am very happy with this particular glue for general purpose.
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