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.
what was the name and part number for the snorkel you fitted
regards Anthony
Hi Anthony.
It’s from Mantec. It’s the RAIDEF (Raised Air Intake Defender), and being a 200Tdi with left side intake, is the 117 version. The 116 is for right side intake, ie. the 300 Tdi, TD5 and TDCI. I prefer it to the Safari snorkel, which usually has a ram top, not only because I prefer the centrifugal pre-cleaner top but also because the flexible section allows the snorkel to be mounted in conjunction with the roof rack’s reinforcing struts. The rigid Safari or Southdown snorkels, though also of good quality, don’t have that “flexibility” of mounting. The Safari was fine on my wife’s 90 as it had no need of rack braces.
Hi Nick thank you very much,much appreciated. Regards Anthony from Australia love your Land Rover
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Hello nick,
Ran into your website when googeling for raised airintakes examples.
I’m from the Netherlands and have a land rover series 3 88″ 2,25 liter diesel left hand drive and want to install a raised air intake. I already bought an airfilter housing from I believe an 2,5NA engine.
I’m interested in how you have fitted your snorkel and as such I have a question which I hope you are willing to consider
Will your mantec snorkel fit to my series 3? I don’t see enough space under the bonnet on the right hand side caused by the heater blower and limited space on the left hand side caused by the clutch main cilinder. I believe fitting it on the left hand side is the only option, but will rhis fit? How did you solve this?
Looking forward to your reply.
Regards,
Rienk
Hi Rienk,
You have a few choices. You could fit a left side snorkel, routing the internal piping below the brake and clutch hydraulics (using a 19j/200tdi spec intake system – two rigid plastic parts that connect from the surface of the wing panel and run along the toe board of the bulkhead just above the built-in mudshield).
Alternatively, you could use a right side snorkel with extension along the top of the wing to drop down above the wheel (as used by many British Forces units and supplied by Mantec for early 90s and 110s).
You could connect through a hole in the bonnet like early Camel Trophy 110s.
Finally, you can cut a hole in the wing just ahead of the bulkhead join to drop the hose through the wing outboard of the heater fan (the hole needs cutting half in the wing top, half in the wing side) similar to the position used for Southdown snorkels.
All will work just as well, the only one with an significant consequence being the cutting of a hole in the bonnet requiring the disconnection of the hose before being able to remove the bonnet door major engine work, which is simple anyway.