Another box cleared
Saturday, August 19th, 2006
I flatted and polished that front wing today and it came up well. That enabled me to clear another big box from the garage by fitting the plastic Mantec snorkel.
The lower section fits to the wing with spire nuts and four bolts through the original screw holes, but since I had already sealed the interior ducting to the wing, I couln’t remove it to take out the screw sleeves or fit the spire nuts. Instead, I drilled the holes a little larger, smeared the edges with sealant, and then used rivnuts. They’ll be twice as strong as the supplied spire nuts and 100% water-tight.
The top section was assembled as per the instructions, but instead of using self tapping screws into the windscreen frame, I used more rivnuts in the roof rack brace with bolts through the snorkel braket - muck stronger and more stable. By compressing the top section down onto the hose a little, I was able to ensure a 3/4″ gap between the mushroom top and the rack’s light assembly, so I don’t have to worry about them knocking against eachother. The joints all benefitted from a generous application of black sealant (strangely not included or mentioned in the instructions).
A few finishing touches were fitting the indicator repeater to the wing and attaching the “SVO” and black “LAND ROVER” badges. I also added four standard Tdi Defender reflectors to the rear end.
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