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Re: Snorkel Install on a YJ?

> You live in California, why do you want a snorkel? It's against the
> law to drive on our beaches.

They haven't closed Pismo, have they?
Bill, in my region we have these things called rivers and creeks, and they
dont have concrete liners and dust on the bottoms.
I've had the floorboards awash many times.
Don't forget to extend the vents on axles,trans, T-case, and a
distributor-less ignition can be made submersible fairly easy.
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Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: Snorkel Install on a YJ?

You mean like the Los Angeles River:
http://peteofthestreet.net/gallery/L...River/P1010008
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Paul Calman wrote:
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> They haven't closed Pismo, have they?
> Bill, in my region we have these things called rivers and creeks, and they
> dont have concrete liners and dust on the bottoms.
> I've had the floorboards awash many times.
> Don't forget to extend the vents on axles,trans, T-case, and a
> distributor-less ignition can be made submersible fairly easy.
> --
> Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: Snorkel Install on a YJ?

Hi Jerry,
Yes, I have driven Pismo Beach: http://www.----------.com/pismo.htm
It's just that I consider that part of northern kalifornia from which we
wish to secede.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Jerry Newton wrote:
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> You can't drive on any beaches there? Not even Pismo?
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> Jerry

Re: Snorkel Install on a YJ?

Jerry Newton wrote:

>You can't drive on any beaches there? Not even Pismo?
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Point of reference - most tree huggers not in Oregon live in California,
and they have methodically shut down more and more trails to anyone but
hikers. The beaches were some of the first non-trails to go.

Pretty funny, Bill, but Dan busted me up with his comment.

Actually, some parts of Orange County are legitimate water crossings
when we get a heavy rain. Earlier this week, I was out on Beach Blvd.
in Stanton doing 25mph during a 9:30PM downpour, and hit some spots
where the water was spraying up continuously over my softtop and
windshield (and I have a 4" lift and 32"s). I actually ingested a bit
of water, but the K&N held it back long enough in the filter box (for a
couple of seconds), so that I felt a slight drop in power, but never
hydrolocked or suffered damage. At that moment, I decided that I was
never going to let standing water splashing a couple of feet over my
hood destroy my engine. I've made water crossings before, v-e-r-y
slowly, but never deeper than 18" to 24" deep. And that was by choice.
This will be one less thing to worry about, no matter where the water
I'm in came from.

Thanks,

Doug

>"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
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>> You live in California, why do you want a snorkel? It's against the
>>law to drive on our beaches.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
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>>Douglas Gavilanes wrote:
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>>>Greetings once again. I am about to check my reluctance to inflict
>>>damage unto my YJ at the door, and put a big freakin' 3" hole in the
>>>left side of the tub! Question is, has anyone that has spotlights and
>>>Sun Performance windshield hinge light brackets installed (stuff looks
>>>like this:
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>>>http://www.sunperformance.com/light_mounts.htm
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>>>- I've got the YJ bracket shown, and the lights shown on the TJ bracket)
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>>>done this (install the ARB safari snorkel, that is), and if so, were
>>>there any issues in installing the snorkel bracket at the windshield
>>>hinge (not enough room because of the spotlight, ARB bracket wouldn't
>>>fit over the Sun bracket, etc.), or any other concerns that you had in
>>>your install? I haven't received the box with the goods from Quadratec
>>>yet, but I'm trying to do some advance work in preparing for the
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>>>Two surprises that I had after ordering, and talking ARB USA to e-mail
>>>me the kit instructions, were that on the YJ, that the windshield washer
>>>reservoir MUST be relocated onto the diagonal brace that holds the
>>>factory battery tray bracket to the firewall, on the opposite side of
>>>the engine compartment, and, that the windshield hinge mounted spots
>>>might have to go in order to mount the snorkel.
>>>
>>>First off, I've got the NW Wrangler dual battery tray with 2 yellow tops
>>>installed, so the factory battery tray (and diagonal bracket) are long
>>>gone. No gratuitous existing factory hardware to mount the reservoir
>>>bracket (provided) onto, as shown in their instructions. Hmm...
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>>>Second, the small bracket that holds the snorkel upright alongside the
>>>vertical portion of the windshield frame may not fit on my Jeep, without
>>>me first losing the left spot and bracket.
>>>
>>>So, has anyone else already done this (with a similar configuration on
>>>your YJ)? If so, any comments and suggestions are appreciated. If I'm
>>>going to blow a hole in my fender, I want to make sure that I plan,
>>>measure, measure, measure, and do everything else as well as possible,
>>>so as to never regret my bold decision... :-{
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Doug Gavilanes
>>>GArden Grove, CA.
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