brockus

brockus

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i am tryib to make my own snorkel so far got fleix pipe 3inch

drain pipe which is 68mm

what can i use for the top... i dont want to spend 30 of the queens english on a southdown one or 70 for the safria one.

my air box is Steel so i have been told that a rover 414 air box is great but after goin to 4 scrap yards they dnt have this old car in lol

so as u can imagine its DIY to keep costs down so is there anything i cud use

Cheers inadvance
Anthony
 
Upside down flower pot.....:D

flower-pot_top.gif
 
how did u manage to think of that :D

cheap or what haha how did u connect it ???

cheers anthony
 
Lol, It aint mine, iv just seen em before. Theres quite a few people who've done it.

Not quite sure, you would have to make a base which attaches to the pot and fixes it to your pipe.

Or you could just get a cheap Cone filter and attach it to the top:

DIYSnorkel.jpg
 
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ok cheers i think the easiest thing to do is to put a thin bolt through it ???

any one else got any pics for me ???

Cheers
Anthony
 
hammoj28 said:
Lol, It aint mine, iv just seen em before. Theres quite a few people who've done it.

Not quite sure, you would have to make a base which attaches to the pot and fixes it to your pipe.

Or you could just get a cheap Cone filter and attach it to the top:

DIYSnorkel.jpg
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wouldnt this let the water through tho ? as it isnt covered ???

anthony
 
brockus said:
wouldnt this let the water through tho ? as it isnt covered ???

anthony
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if its the same as the 1 i have its also got a hole in the top with gauze in it and yes it does let water in , i put a pan over the top of mine to at least stop the rain falling straight down into it
 
well i am goin to see if i can see a holess plant pot from bnq and also av a look at some plumbin chimmles !!

one more question !! as i have a steel air box i no i have to seal it but do i remove the air filter or keep it in ???

cheers
Anthony
 
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try a 90 degree bend an you can all so get a little grill that go's over the end that stop leaves going in there from any plumbers place or B&Q
 
On a different subject phil, have you seen them pikey's doing the rounds ?

Don't seem like the local lot .
 
The 90 degree bends from the inside of a two wheeled (plant hire) compressor are about right, there's steel pipe in there if you want it as well. Bromwade or something like that. They are rubber bends with big stainless clips on them.
Only from a scrap one though :)
 
I have used a plant pot in the past on an SJ - partly because I didn't want to spend any money on it as it was going to be auctioned off at the end of the rally. Cut out a circular bit of metal and put it inside for a bit of rigidity and fixed a bracket to that...

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I have to say though that I think using drain pipe looks pretty horrid, much rather fabricate something in metal, but all personal preference I guess!
 
i went to bnq and got some drain pipe bits !!! i will put it on pipe later and post up... most prob 2ora now !!

just got to get sum metal mesh as bnq didnt have any !! will try weekend

Cheers guys
Anthony
 
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