Thread: Fitting Snorkel to 300 Tdi Defender

Today I started the switch over, thought I might post it up in tutorials to help anyone else attempting it as well

First things first

Go here and print yourself off a set of instructions

Safari Snorkel System - SS550HF

(Right down the bottom of the page)

If its coming off one vehicle and going onto another and been there a while get your hands on a can of this



Next step was to pull the old one off









Easy half dozen screws and some nylock nuts. Undo the pipe clamp and your free

Check the seal to see if its broken. Mine was. Also the corrugated piping. Mine had a hole in it. I was tempted to just tape it over but instead will be going into ARB this week for new ones





Next. Pull the standard air intake grill off. And there are a few screws that need to come out. Undo the aerial mount, this needs to be bent later on. Pull the first section of standard hose off. This will be replaced by the corrugated hose.









This is as far as I got today

Have to get hold of a template, new seal and corrugated hose.

I'll post up the rest of the story when I get them

Hope this helps someone

Well got it on today

Managed to find a rubber place, the fella was a nice bloke. Gave me a bit for free

Went looking for a new pipe. Went to all the hose places I could find, finally I found one with something similar; $55. No thanks

So did the silicone and duct tape jobby

BTW vnx205 on a closer look, those little plastic things that hold the standard vent on are the type where you push the middle out from the inside. If that makes sense similar to the ones on the plastic flares and on the door trim

Heres some pictures of the new seal. I worked out the other day that this doesnt really have to be waterproof. As it only prevents water or dust getting into the engine bay.





And my fix it job on the hose







One thing Im glad I did was drop into my local marine shop and replace all the nuts and washers with stainless, cost about $8 bucks. Well worth doing if you plan on taking it off again someday

Bit of a note, all the threads are metric





Where I left off last post



Old vent cleaned up and panel nice and clean, pilot holes in



Holes drilled out. Its says to 16mm in the instructions but I only went to 12mm



Holes in window frame drilled. Says to 3.5mm this is equivlant to bout a 9/64. Once they were drilled I ran the screws through each hole with the cordless drill so the "thread" would already be cut; making it easier to screw in by hand when mounting the snorkel



Screws and bolts in just loosely ready for full tightening once everything is in





Just before I fitted the snorkel I had a quick flick through the forum, with problems some people had. One was getting the nut closest to the firewall tight. I bought this a couple of years ago made it really easy



Finished product (almost - waiting on a stainless steel snorkel grill, the old one carked it in the accident)









Any questions just fire away