Snorkel
A snorkel - is it worth it. After years of searching for a snorkel, I finally agreed to buy an old one from Grahame. My other option was to adapt pone from a LandRover defender (Nigel had done that very well). It is not a snorkel First lesson is that it is not a snorkel. It is a raised air intake. The crucial difference is a snorkel is expected to be waterproof, but this design is open in the vehicle wing, which is not sealed, it has drain holes. So if left standing in very deep water, then the engine would suck in water not air. A raised air intake is supposed to be good for drawing in air with less sand and dust. But the key feature is that it looks cool. Fitting is Difficult It is a large plastic item, that stretches across two steel body panels. The fixings points don't line up well. It is prone to vibration and so the mounts need to be flexible. To keep water out it needs to be fitted tight and various holes sealed up. And the indicator light needs to fit