Snorkel

[don simon]

Finally got around to first install of the snorkel and stripped everything down to discover that there's not much room in that there space in the wing.
I'm coming from snorkel to rubber bend, to steel pipe to silicone bend and attaching to the end of the air filter box.
It looks like I need oval steel tube to connect the silicone and rubber bends.
Or something else more flat or flexible.

How have you got over this problem?
There's little or no room to come into the engine bay either.
2015-06-06 20.02.28 by Simon Carter, en Flickr
I don't really want to start drilling until I have a solution. :augie

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

I used flexible air intake ducting, sorta looks like the stuff you get with tumble dryers

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Like this buddy....

 

[don simon]

Like this buddy....
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Can that be squashed to oval?
Will it make the turns without compressing too much?
I'll have a look at that stuff.
Or, I'm in the office next week and see if this will connect.

Cheers matey. :thumbs

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Squashed a bit, will squash more....

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Now don't make me get it out of the box again :lol....

 

[don simon]

Now don't make me get it out of the box again :lol....
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How long will it stretch to?
Just one last photo where it's worn as a rather fetching scarf....:hide:
Only joking.
Thanks.

 

[Banshee]

I went straight off the end of the snorkel straight into the original duct on the airbox with a single Samco hose with 2 jubilees leaving the washer bottle intact.

It's a piece of art I tell you!!!

 

[Banshee]

Oh!! This only works if you brought the longer Navara Snorkel

 

[Mr K]

Whatever you do just make sure you don't use something that will suck itself flat under load.

 

[don simon]

I'm giving this a bash.
https://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/perf...-plumbing-solutions-single-layer-ducting-hose
First holes made- no turning back.

 

[Banshee]

http://www.nissan4x4ownersclub.com/forum/showpost.php?p=271551&postcount=22

:thumb2

 

[don simon]

http://www.nissan4x4ownersclub.com/forum/showpost.php?p=271551&postcount=22

:thumb2

Thanks a lot, it has solved one of the questions of whether the wing needs to come off. There's not enough space to get the nuts on the upper bolts and getting the piping across from the snorkel to the air box will require a couple of extra joints in my forearms.
The first part is done and I'm content. :thumbs :thumbs

 

[don simon]

20180617_142017[1] by Simon Carter, en Flickr
Done, but not happy at the moment. Time is not on my side and the wing has to come off completely.
There are a couple of screws under the bumper, circled on the photo, that I could see no easy way of getting at without taking the whole bumper off. The bumper will come off when the new bumper goes on.
But happy that it's on and that there is a route for snorkel through the inner wing.
All back together and I've now got to work out where the 5-10 screws I've got should have gone, I'll fix the rattles as I find them.
Thanks all for input.

 

[jims-terrano]

Looks great does that. As for the wing, you’ll need to remove bumper as there is also a bracket screwed to the wing that the bumper slides on to as well.

 

[don simon]

Looks great does that. As for the wing, you’ll need to remove bumper as there is also a bracket screwed to the wing that the bumper slides on to as well.

Cheers. That's the bracket that's giving problems, I wonder how Banshee managed to get the wing off without removing the bumper.

 

[jims-terrano]

Probably put the bumper back on. It’s one reason why rotten wings are cool, all those bits have long since gone:lol