Mud-club

Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: burgerman on February 06, 2009, 15:10:09

Title: Fitting Snorkel to a 08 reg 90
Post by: burgerman on February 06, 2009, 15:10:09

 Anyone on here done one ??  Its a safari snorkel for a 08 reg defender, biggest issue i have is how to attatch/tighten the 3 nuts from inside the wing  :evil: piece of yellow snow for a regular motor, fitted many to other engine/age related cars, But this is full of ABS and all sorts of other gumf, I have not drilled the 3 holes yet  ;) But i am at whits end on how to get to them, even thought of removing the wing to attatch first, but cannot do as the inner air trunking is secured from the outside  :-k  So any clues  :-k  :-k

Title: Re: Fitting Snorkel to a 08 reg 90
Post by: Mark_Solesbury on February 07, 2009, 18:57:05

I had the same problem on my 1990 90!

I could not easily get to the nuts on the inside.

I used nutsert in the end. Ideal for putting a thread into a blind hole.

Title: Re: Fitting Snorkel to a 08 reg 90
Post by: scatt on February 08, 2009, 08:30:56

hi there burgerman, ive got a 08 puma engine defender with a  td5 snorkel. the bolts are a little bit of a pain the worst is the one nearest the bulkhead. i found it easier to cut the spanner in half so i could get to it from the top. you will need to remove the air box, arch spat, aerial, and the pipe work from the airbox to the wing.

Title: Re: Fitting Snorkel to a 08 reg 90
Post by: burgerman on February 08, 2009, 16:13:25

Quote from: scatt on February 08, 2009, 08:30:56

hi there burgerman, ive got a 08 puma engine defender with a  td5 snorkel. the bolts are a little bit of a pain the worst is the one nearest the bulkhead. i found it easier to cut the spanner in half so i could get to it from the top. you will need to remove the air box, arch spat, aerial, and the pipe work from the airbox to the wing.

  Or fit a mantec type one, That bolts up from the outside  :lol:     A huge round of applause for you on completeing it  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:

Title: Re: Fitting Snorkel to a 08 reg 90
Post by: scatt on February 08, 2009, 20:13:16

really dont like the mantec ones, but thats just personal choice.