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Getting an exhaust tube snorkel made up for my safari, but need ideas on what to put between the airfilter housing and 3'' exhaust tube which will come through the hole in guard.

Would flexi hose seal around the shape of the inlet?Or should i get an adaptor made from some exhaust tube

Hey Fearless,

Hows Opotiki going these days? Spent quite a few years passing thru and living around there and up the coast years ago. Awesome memories.

I recently made a snorkel out of 3 inch exhaust tube and I post a few shots of whats I've worked up.

Three inch exhast tube with pre-bent sections all mig'ed together to produce this. It was galvanised only becuse it was cheap to do at $20. If I hadn't have had it galv'ed, I'd have sealed up one end and tipped rust paint into it and sloshed it around till I figured everything had been coated.



The snorkel as it enters the guard is held in place with a 3" clamp for exhaust pipes bolted to the guard. The exhaust tubing stops just inside the guard. It then has a fairly tight but rounded bend of rubber tubing to the water and dirt sump I made using plumping fittings. I had to silicone-seal sections of exhaust tubing into each end of the sump in order to continue with the rubber hose sections.



This sump is at the lowest point of the snorkel tubing and does catch all water and other debris that flows down the pipe. It means I don't need to rush out and turn the snorkel head around everytime it rains heavy or whenever I drive throught trees or whatever. Leaf litter and dust and water has been emptied out on many occassions and only very little of the lightest leaves has found there way to the filter.

The sump is emptied via a large 'O-ring' sealed hatch, again, a standard plumping fitting. This hatch is on the bottom of the '90 degree bend section.



I have used rubber coated nylon 'wire' reinforced corrugated tubing for all connecting tubes between the steel exhaust tube, sump,and airbox. It is flexible enough for smooth bends, and is reinforced against suction-induced collapse should the snorkel get blocked.

I got the exhaust tube and the sump material from the obvious places. The rubber tubing I got from Dewtec here in Palmerston North. They are the EnZed hose doctors place and carried a whole range of piping. A similar place would be found in either Opotiki or Whakatane I guess but this tubing was the most difficult piece to get.

Hope these pictures help and good luck with the snorkel.

do you want to buy a safari snorkle for it instead? a mate has got 1 secondhand and im sure he will sell it. it has a damaged grill thing at the top of the snorkle head thingy but is easily fixed
cheers mudlva

Yea opotikis great,moved down from auckland 4 months ago and havent looked back plenty of memories as a kid on the farm.

Thanks for the pics and info,havent seen one done with a sump in it like that before.

Theres a hydraulink place in town so il see what they've got in the way of flexible piping



MUDLVA
Ive allready ordered the bends and other stuff so il keep going this way

cheers guys

fearless wrote: Thanks for the pics and info,havent seen one done with a sump in it like that before.

Theres a hydraulink place in town so il see what they've got in the way of flexible piping

Yep, sump works well. Saves a few issues with emptying water, mud and other shyte accumulating in the lowest part of the snorkel. Had even thought of inserting a prefilter in there too but it works ok for the time being. Summer dust may drive me to rethink the prefilter foam stuck up in there somehow - or stuck in the end of the snorkel head.

What are you going to use for the head of your exhaust tube snorkel? Had all sorts of ideas and in the end opted for a safari snorkel head from ARB guys in PN.

Gona get a proper snorkel top from somewhere.

how much did u pay for the Arb safari one?

hey dude i have same truck made a 3inch tube snorkel you will find the flexi bit off your air cleaner will fit perfectly into tube theres a fitting on round end take off and turn it around then fit snug into tube add some silicone and ya done test is run truck shove ya hand on top of snorkel if ya engine dies its sealed let me know if you need parts i may have some i now have 3 mk/mq now 1 shorty 2 whales......

I dont have the flexi bit off the aircleaner.Do you have a spare one?

Got any pics of your snorkel setup?


cheers
mike

fearless wrote:I dont have the flexi bit off the aircleaner.Do you have a spare one?

Got any pics of your snorkel setup?


cheers
mike

will do pic in morning and yes have spare flexi bit too