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Advice on Home Made Snorkel

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Skibum346:
Spy,

Thanks Matey \:D/

IT didn't seem any more complex than your build (which I refered to so hats off!) except for the drilling through the wing... Somehow flat matt green panels are less painful to drill than a glossy black curved one!

Thanks

Frank

spy:
You may say that but I can assure you my arse was twitching none the less :D

Then again, maybe I am just a wimp because cutting the hole for the safari snorkel was bad enough and I had a template for that!  

Cheers,

Mike

Skibum346:
Spy,

I drew round the pipe that was to go through to make sure it was positioned correctly (cut the hole out of an A4 sheet and drew on the wing with marker pen). Then it was just a case of getting a hole saw big enough but not too big.

For 68mm pipe I used an 86mm hole saw and this gave plenty of work room, room for an edge strip and space to pass the breather pipe through.

Nest time you are driving a Disco with no snorkel... pull into B&Q and stick one on!

Frank

TimM:
Advice for when you've finished:

There is no point having a snorkel if it leaks, the engine will be sucking water in from any leaks you have so it may as well be not fitted....

Test the snorkel out of the water by blocking the airway at the top (with the engine running) and the engine should stall through lack of air, if it keeps running its getting air from somewhere (and would probably suck water in through the same place).

Skibum346:
Tim,

Yer absolutely right... Happily it stalls perfectly! If that's not a stupid statement!

Skibum

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