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The Lovely Boyo **
Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 84 Location: South Wales
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 18:23 Post subject: Home made snorkel............. |
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Hello, (I put this up on mud too)
In the spirit of ''How the West was Won' (OK, I'm broke), I decided to make my own snorkel. I also need more air for my turbo project.
x3, 3'' dia polished aluminium tube 45deg elbows = £35
x2, 3'' dia silicon 90deg elbows = £8
some rivnuts and hose clamps = £7
Remove the air filter housing and then take the resonator and air intake out of the wing. This is what's under there - this can be done with the wing in place (you live and learn lol)
Put the wing back on and refit the airbox. One of the silicon elbows will be clamped onto this through to the wing. Work out and then drill a starter hole, and keep enlarging this until you have a nice fit for your first pipe. This was the really REALLY fun part!!!! I made and used a cardboard template to help me. Fit the elbow, paint the edge and trim with some sliced rubber hose..........
This is how it looks from the inside - I have to MIG weld a small length of angle iron in there to give it a bit of strength - I had to trim a little bit of the inner wing to get it to fit nice and snug.....
Then drill the wing for the rivnuts and set these into the wing. Drill the 45deg aly elbows and bolt into the rivnuts. Rivnuts are GREAT!!! A small straight (an off cut from the wing pipe) clamps the two elbows together - gives access to the rivnuts if I need to remove this. This is the (almost) finished snorkel (I have to make a clamp to hold the top pipe). Some clear mastik has been used to hold it as well..........
This is my favourite 'el cheapo' part of the build. The snorkel head is a silicon elbow with a ring of aly pipe inside. The mesh has been 'liberated' from my surfing bootees bag - made of nylon, then clamped in place. I now have a hole in my bootee bag lol. I was going to buy a snorkel head but we'll see (they cost almost as much as this whole build). I'm thinking I'm going to 'distort' the top pipe to provide channels to allow rain water to leak out as per Safari type heads.
The head can be spun around by loosening one screw..........
This is the view from in the cab - not much to see really. Small loss of vision over the edge of the wing but nothing too bad.
So there you go..........comments? suggestions, gales of laughter lol _________________ 97 4.5 Amazon VX, locked and loaded, OME shocks and springs, Courser MT's on steel rims |
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uk_vette Lifetime member
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1422 Location: Warrington, Cheshire
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 19:23 Post subject: |
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Thats brilliant that,
I wish I cold make some thing like that.
looks 100 x better than a 'bought one.
Fancy doing mine?
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toyota mad **
Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 98 Location: ireland
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 19:30 Post subject: |
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looks like a good tight fit, and looks the part.... very tasty DIY job 10/10 _________________
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uk_vette Lifetime member
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1422 Location: Warrington, Cheshire
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 20:12 Post subject: |
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I like it also because it matches my front bar ! |
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toyota mad **
Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 98 Location: ireland
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 20:15 Post subject: |
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sparkling chrome................ _________________
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The Lovely Boyo **
Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 84 Location: South Wales
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 20:26 Post subject: |
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Thanks for the support guys -I'm happy with it.
Start the car, stand next to it and you can hear it breathing LMAO
With the £180 saved over a real one, I'll now be going down to the local steel stockist and getting myself a load of aluminium section and building myself an expedition roof basket. Built in light bar, jerry can holder etc etc.
That'll still leave me with about £80 to play with!
Rear tyre mount?
The list is endless.............. _________________ 97 4.5 Amazon VX, locked and loaded, OME shocks and springs, Courser MT's on steel rims |
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joinerman *******
Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 2200 Location: Here & there
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 20:30 Post subject: |
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Looks the dogs danglies, well done. |
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toyota mad **
Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 98 Location: ireland
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 20:42 Post subject: |
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you must work in the trade when your fit to do jobs likes that.... i like your style mate _________________
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Paul_Humphreys *******
Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 1081 Location: Oswestry, Shropshire.
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 21:14 Post subject: |
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You could make a lot of money selling them
Paul _________________ LC 80 series 1993. 285/75/16s Cooper SSTs, OME 850s on the front with 25mm packer, 868s on the rear. 4.88 diffs. Winch bumper with 12000lb winch.
HD rear bumper with wheel carrier and winch mount.
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wildsmith Lifetime member
Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 1580 Location: Stourbridge, West Mids, UK
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 21:24 Post subject: |
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Very nice piece of work. The one advantage the plastic ones have IMO, which I don't think will affect you, is flexibility. Mine has been bent out of shape like you wouldn't believe squeezing past trees occasionaly but you may not be getting that intimate with them _________________ Jon m0zxj
01 UZJ100 lifted (AHC & 40mm BL), ARB locked f&r, cryo'd 4.88's, TJM front bumper, 12k goldfish, sliders, rack, snorkel, 35's, storage, aux power etc.
93 HDJ80 sold
94 HDJ80 RIP |
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The Lovely Boyo **
Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 84 Location: South Wales
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 21:54 Post subject: |
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Paul_Humphreys wrote: |
You could make a lot of money selling them
Paul |
Nah, not my way. But now the difficult first cut has been made, I would happily take detailed measurements for others to use. Maybe even get some custom mandrel bending done..............but that takes it away from the original 'lo cost but not rubbish' - I do have to drive this thing around after all lol
If it does get bashed - and yeah this thing goes off piste - being ally it'll bend. Smack it with a stick to straighten! Ally elbows are £12
Oh, I don't work in the trade. But being an ex toolmaker I'm used to working with metal and to tight tolerances (retentive in other words). _________________ 97 4.5 Amazon VX, locked and loaded, OME shocks and springs, Courser MT's on steel rims |
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Gavlad Lifetime member
Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 468 Location: Wirral
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 17:18 Post subject: |
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You're one clever mudda ducker aren't you Boyo Lovin' your work so far - keep it up.
Quick question, can you get that aluminium in matt black finish??
Hmmm... _________________ Gav
'98 90 - family truck, 275x75 BFG AT's, homebrew aloominium roofrack
'94 HDJ80 - homebrew rear bumper fitted (but not quite ready to recover off!!!), +4 IronMan & 35 MTs ON!!! - front bumper still in the offing... |
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aroscow *******
Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 1047 Location: Wondering in the woods somewhere...
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 13:02 Post subject: |
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HI there
Nice job
Where did you get the alu pipe from? _________________ HDJ80, BFG AT's, grooved discs, OME 850/860's |
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dhula *
Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 18 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 13:17 Post subject: |
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that's a very neet looking job well done.
have you considered use a snorkel head from someone like safari
might stop the wombats from getting into the snorkel and slowing the air flow a bit and will help keep rain water out of the air filter also
They do sell em separately here in Oz and go up to 3 inch pipe. duno if they do the same in UK tho. |
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garystockton Lifetime member
Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 1190 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 13:45 Post subject: |
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Yep you can get them from flea-bay here - expensive though. Might want to go for a Donaldson TopSpin instead? _________________ I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
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