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Posted: **Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:34 pm**

anyone got any idea on affixing a custom snorkel need some suggestions or pics, got one made out of staino now gota mount it, its for a rocky

Posted: **Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:23 pm**

Heres a couple of pics of how I secured this one on an 80.

Cheers Troopy93

Posted: **Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:39 pm**

We use riv-nuts in the panels as self tapers can pull out.

Joel

Posted: **Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:43 pm**

X 2...... rivnuts are the go.
Cheap on Ebay too.
Jas.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:06 am**

want33s wrote:X 2...... rivnuts are the go.
Cheap on Ebay too.
Jas.

linky linky?

Posted: **Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:26 pm**

Or just go to your local bolt shop, they'll either have them in stock or get them in for you.
You won't need many so cost won't be too much of an issue, just ask for how ever many M6 or M8 or whatever rivnuts for sheetmetal.
Don't worry about the gun just use the bolt trick to do them up, and when you drill your holes for them, if you file or drill the hole just slightly out of round it will stop the nut from spinning when you try and undo it in 5 years time.

Posted: **Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:34 pm**

DIRTY ROCK STAR wrote:
want33s wrote:X 2...... rivnuts are the go.
Cheap on Ebay too.
Jas.
linky linky?

Gun...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RIVET-RIVNUT-Thre ... .m14.l1318
Inserts...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/M6-Rivet-Nut-Rivn ... .m14.l1318

Jas.

Posted: **Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:47 pm**

cheers.

there has to be easier still ways to mount a staino snorkel.....
someone......
anyone.

Posted: **Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:29 pm**

Umm... just a suggestion, but what about using a normal hose clamp. If you make two cuts into the gaurd, can you still reach in to screw it up?

Posted: **Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:19 pm**

haha i love it, its kinda what i did toy80, i got L shaped hose clamp holders, bolted them to the car where the silicon joins were and clamped the snorkle and join together

works like a treat, perfect bush mechanics job

Posted: **Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:12 pm**

Mate... I told you to come and have a look at mine. Not like you have to adapt it to fit a rocky or anything

http://www.putfile.com/pic/8435342

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:02 am**

yer i gota . i just wanna try and avoid welding any thing to the snorkel but if i have to i have to, you snorkel looks easy as man, is your snorkel heavy ? just want to know if that bracket will put up with the weight

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:56 pm**

kemal wrote:yer i gota . i just wanna try and avoid welding any thing to the snorkel but if i have to i have to, you snorkel looks easy as man, is your snorkel heavy ? just want to know if that bracket will put up with the weight

It's as heavy as rubber truck intake bends and 2 sections of 3" 316 stainless

I can rock my whole car without the brackets or the snorkel moving and it has been that way for a couple of years now.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:00 pm**

sweet wered you pick them brackets up from?

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:46 pm**

kemal wrote:sweet wered you pick them brackets up from?

Bunnings... haha.
Was just labeled as a marine, stainless mount/hook or similar, can't remember specifically.

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:13 am**

HotFourOk wrote:Mate... I told you to come and have a look at mine. Not like you have to adapt it to fit a rocky or anything

http://www.putfile.com/pic/8435342

but the style of mount you have shown with basically a large hose clamp, whats the stop it vibrating, moving etc and coming loose or damaging the snorkel etc?

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:34 pm**

DIRTY ROCK STAR wrote:
HotFourOk wrote:Mate... I told you to come and have a look at mine. Not like you have to adapt it to fit a rocky or anything

http://www.putfile.com/pic/8435342
but the style of mount you have shown with basically a large hose clamp, whats the stop it vibrating, moving etc and coming loose or damaging the snorkel etc?

Umm....Doing it up tight

You might have to let someone else do that for you Twon.

Layto....

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