hey guys.. the man before me that owned my yota drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom of the air box, and it seems like everytime i touch water/ mud i end up sucking up water.. i hate it.. i have to limp back home and clean the tb for it to run half way decent so i can drive it around to get all the water through the system..

so i was tossing around the idea of building a snorkel and was wondering if anyone else has designed/ built your own..

any help/ advice is appreciated!!!

pics too??

 

...and ye shall find- Try this link: Pirate FAQ's
This is 4Crawler's and there's another guy on here that made one with black pipe and he suggested to heat the pipe up and it would bend to whatever shape that you want it. Some dudes get the cap from Safari snorkel for $50 and make an extension themselves, saving them $350. Wanna spend a bunch here? You can if you wish, or you can prevent hydrolock with about $20 and some creative thinking.


Black Pipe is what I'm going to go with when I get time to pull off my fender and at the same time I hafta do the battery air box swap to shorten my travel distance. Then I'm most likely looking at directing the pipe to the cowl, but in a high enough location on it so that water doesn't run down into it. I want mine to be like 4Crawler's (link provided...click)

 

You need the following to make a similar snorkel to a safari or such:

ABS piping, 3", about 4 feet
ABS piping 2", about 3 feet
ABS 3" 90 degree elbow
ABS 3" 45 degree elbow
ABS 2" 90 or 45 (depends on how you do it) degree elbow
2" to 3" rubber ABS type adapter (2,possibly, depends on engine and intake/airbox)
3" Rubber ABS joint/connector
ABS glue
Rustoleum or like brand textured plastic paint
Decent gauge sheetmetal and self tapping screws (to mount to the a-pillar).
3" Bi-metal holesaw.
Safari snorkel head

I wish I had pictures of how I did it for my T100, but its super simple. hardest part was getting it to line up with the hole in the fender I made.

For my truck I basically took a stock airbox, took a rubber 3" to 2" apadter and connecting it to the box since I have a round tube coming off into what used to be the original intake.

Then I used the 2" ABS and the elbows and formed a pipe that would go to the fender. Then cut my hole int he fender and used another adapter to connect the main body.

Then I used my hammer, formed the sheet metal into an L type shape and attached it tot he windshield a-pillar area using the self tapper screws and then again to the snorkel. I used a box end wrench as a spacer to make sure it wasnt contacting the a-pillar it self.

Pretty simple job, took some time since I removed the fender and grill and fender liner to do it. It does look very clean, and overall I am happy. I used some 1/2 body molding as a trim piece around the hole too.

 

Inner working of mine - not the pretiest - but it works




I'm not fond of following the A-Pillar; too many bends - too much restriction... And popping straight out through the outer fender is too vulnerable to trail obstacles.

 

FWIW, I had no issues at all with mine and my T100 is much harder to do trails with and much bigger than your truck.

 

here's my all time favorite and you should search and see the 200 other how should I make a snorkel threads there are a few really good ones that people have posted up on here,and there is this one my fav https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f88/...snorkel-93703/

 

Ah yes, the slurpee-snorkel mod. They come in a variety of colors...and multipacks, too!

That first one, though.....uh...yeah.

 

I'd recommend one, but only if you go wheelin, muddin, etc. I'm tired of seeing perfectly shiney rigs with no mud, or scratches with snorkels. What a waste.

 

what he said..

 

That soooo looks like what I had in mind... First step: fix the headgasket. Lol

Poor Swampthing is sittin in the garage Been havin too much fun blowin doors off vett's in my 12 sec 11000lbs dirty ol' dodge cummins. But now I have a mighty urge to drop a 4bt cummins in the Swampthing. MUCH easier to waterproof a diesel.

Someone needs to invent a snorkle that you can breath through for when your truck's snorkle is the only thing to be seen driving across the lake. Thats how the lockness monster myth was started you know...

 

The one this guy from ttora did on his '05 tacoma came out pretty good..
http://ttora.com/forum/showthread.ph...e+made+snorkel

 

i like 4hummers http://www.mudrunner.ca/snorkel.html

 

One of the best DYI jobs I've seen.

 

when I made my snorkel I Had the local muffler shop make me a tube to go from my carb to the air tight filter box I got from A Toyota diesel, the pipe cost me $15 and the filter box cost me $10.

I then cut a hole for the PVC pipe that I chose to run inside my fender as far as I could.

this is how the penetration from my fender turned out the snorkel top was only temporary. I used the moulding from the raw sheetmetal edge inside the door of most older cars to clean up the raw metal hole.

this is a pic of my snorkel when it was done. one day I tested it out at a local boat launch, and My distributor got wet. but I think it is fixed now. I just have not tried to test it. because I got water 4" over my hood the first time. and alternators and wheel bearings are too expensive to replace all the time