Offroad-Express

Howdy,
Im thinking of fabricating a snorkel up out of pressure rated plumbing pipe the only issue I face is that the stupid bloody air intake box does not lend itself to having any plastic conduit or other material attached to it due to a mounting bracket right in the way.
Does this make sense to other 70's owners? How can I get around this issue?

Any help appreciated.
Cheers,
Kempy

Kempy wrote:Howdy,
Im thinking of fabricating a snorkel up out of pressure rated plumbing pipe the only issue I face is that the stupid bloody air intake box does not lend itself to having any plastic conduit or other material attached to it due to a mounting bracket right in the way.
Does this make sense to other 70's owners? How can I get around this issue?

Any help appreciated.
Cheers,
Kempy

Can you take a pic and show us. Might be able to help

From memory,

Cut the existing intake off and weld a plate over it, then cut a 3 inch hole in that place you need it and weld on a 3 inch pipe, fit you flexi pipe over that, seal and you are done. Easy as

I did have to move my washer reservoir though but that’s not a biggy

If you can use a welder, grinder and rule, why not make one from steel tube instead?
They are a lot stronger and don't look like you have robbed the down pipes off your house.

This is one that I have just made up for my my 90 series (prado)




Used 1mtr of 3" tube, 1 3" 180degree mandrel bend, some flexy pipe (behind the gaurd) and a Donaldson air ram.
Whole thing owes me about $150, and a a whole heap of time as this one has lots of size and shape alterations once through the gaurd.

rokhound wrote:If you can use a welder, grinder and rule, why not make one from steel tube instead?
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How have you mounted it to the pillar ??
any chance of a photo ?
What have you used around the pipe where it goes through the guard ?

I agree about the plumbing pipe, it looks, well, like plumbing pipe

Im going to go and mull this over some more,
Thanks for the help so far. Ill be back.

Cheers,
Kempy