After several winters of fighting the snow that clogs the air intake by the drivers door, I dug out a common screwdriver and spent 5 minutes fixing it.
I took a flashlight and looked under the drivers seatback cushion and unscrewed the 2 hose clamps holding the plastic elbow that comes up behind the drivers seat and hooks to the outside air intake. I then gently rocked the plastic elbow back and forth until it popped loose, I set it aside made sure nothing loose was near to fall in the hole and fired up the engine, I hardly noticed any extra noise from it. The air filter on the engine will keep any crud out, and there isn't much dust anyway in the winter. I do plan on hooking up a short hose so I don't loose anything down the hole, but it looks like I won't have to clean snow off the air intake every few minutes anymore.
I took a flashlight and looked under the drivers seatback cushion and unscrewed the 2 hose clamps holding the plastic elbow that comes up behind the drivers seat and hooks to the outside air intake. I then gently rocked the plastic elbow back and forth until it popped loose, I set it aside made sure nothing loose was near to fall in the hole and fired up the engine, I hardly noticed any extra noise from it. The air filter on the engine will keep any crud out, and there isn't much dust anyway in the winter. I do plan on hooking up a short hose so I don't loose anything down the hole, but it looks like I won't have to clean snow off the air intake every few minutes anymore.