Cchase Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Not wanting to hijack 14Platoon's thread, here is my somewhat Frankensteined snorkel for my 2.5 N/A. I could not find a kit dedicated to my engine so I began with the cheapest kit from Paddock's (PM714) and then used 2" PVC piping and connectors to join it all together. I still have to waterproof where the two halves of the air filter holder join and the bottom of the air filter holder where there are some holes. Any advice here would be appreciated. I ended up not using the flex pipe in the bottom of the first picture...and some of the PVC elbows. My truck is LHD, but I don't really see the down tube on the A pillar nearly as much as I thought I would. I am a visual learner so I am posting a lot of pictures. Cheers, Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cchase Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 I used all of the bits in the snorkel kit from the top-hat down to the flex hose. I used a straight 2" joiner piece to make the pipe diameter match the flex hose. The plastic hose clamps supplied with the snorkel kit were not great so I substituted a couple of stainless steel hose clamps to join the two ends of the flex hose. I think you lot call them jubilee clips?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cchase Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 I attached the Main snorkel pipe to the A-pillar after drilling and tapping holes. The kit comes with nuts and bolts to drill through the a-pillar, but there is not much room in there to try and place a nut. It seems to be solid enough this way. SS bolts were used with thread lock. Hopefully the oxidation between the metals will be slow... The pipe and top hat are metal and I had to spray a bit of rust paint on the inside to cover up some places where the powder coating missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cchase Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Now the bodging begins! As the truck is LHD, the pipe can enter the engine compartment through the blanking plate on the wing. I had to modify this hole a couple of times as this project went along to get the right angles and pipe lengths. I didn't glue the PVC pipe until all was fitted. I will take some split rubber hose to fill in the space around the pipe where it goes through the hole in the wing. This will keep out snow, water, leaves a bit better. The grey hose clamp will get painted black and screwed to the wing to hold the horizontal piece of pipe in place when it is all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cchase Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 So... now to get to the air filter canister... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cchase Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 The really fussy part was to figure out how to connect the end of the snorkel pipe with the air filter canister. Thank God for plumbing stores! I found a rubber 2" to 3" coupling that fit the canister. Because the end of the canister is conical, I added some screws to the canister air in hole so that the rubber coupling could get some purchase. It will hold as a friction fit without the screws, but not tightly enough. There is also a 2" to 2" rubber joint in the pipe so I have a couple of ways to get the snorkel apart once I have glued all of the pipe and joiners together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cchase Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Here is the whole under wing piece. The elbows are two 90's and a 45. The access for the shock tower was a bit of an obstacle. And yes, it was snowing while I was doing this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cchase Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 I welcome any feedback on this project, and any advice on how to seal the canister bottom drain holes and the joint between the two halves of the canister. Cheers, C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 That looks great! Makes a change to see a drain pipe snorkel put together with care and attention . My old filter housing just had the drains welded up. But you could silicone the drains closed. For the middle joint, mine just had a small bead of silicone around the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_ Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Great use of Jubilee clips !! 😛 a rubber grommet in the canister drain hole with silicone? I guess you just need to check the air filter more frequently. Great read sitting here with a Cuppa as work time approaches. Thanks for that ! 😊👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Just now, DC_ said: Great read sitting here with a Cuppa as work time approaches. Thanks for that ! 😊👍 That made two of us then! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 3 of us! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 4 of us but I'm not going to work 😊😉 Mo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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