Home Made Snorkel &
Bash Plate Instructions.
By
Jayson Burlz
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This is a home made snorkel using 70mm pvc plumbers pipe.
You will need:
aprox 2m of pipe;
one 90deg elbow;
two 45deg
bend;
Snorkel head from 4x4 shop;
two metal sadles bent to shape;
two large hose clamps;
rubber trim;
80mm holesaw and electric drill;
pvc glue;
paint or black tape;
And some flexible hose.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Remove factory intake tube from airbox.
2. Cut two pieces of pipe at 700mm
long.
3. Assemble as shown in pic but do not glue yet.
4. Hold assembled
parts against guard and mark position of hole in guard (measure twice cut once)
5. Tape area to be drilled to avoid damage to guard and drill through outer and
inner guard with holesaw.
6. Paint edges of cut hole with anti rust paint
and cover with rubber trim
7. Cut another peice of pipe 300mm long and insert
into hole in guard
8. Attach assemlbed parts to pipe in guard and allign
them to shape of pillar and mark joints
9. Dis assemble and glue parts together.
make sure joint marks line up. glue to intake pipe in guard
10. Connect to
airbox with flexible hose and clamps. 11. Bend sadles intoP shape and fix snorkel
to pillar with self drilling screw.
12 Finally place head on pipe and tighten,
stand back and admire your handy work before you pull it off to paint it.
GOOD LUCK
BashPLate
You
will need some steel sheet 1500mm x 600mm. can be either flat or checkerplate,
six M10 x 20mm bolts to fix to cross members and
2 self drilling screws.
just cut plate to dimensions on pic and have fun
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jayson (built4thrashing)