Re: Snorkel Install on a YJ?
 

Kevin Kina wrote:

>Oh, forgot to mention, I didn't like remounting the water bottle near the
>battery, fabricated some brackets and found a little nook to the right (pass
>side) of the radiator to mount. Easier to refill there too!
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>"Douglas Gavilanes" <gavilan1@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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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 install.
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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.
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>>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.
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>>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... :-{
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>>Regards,
>>
>>Doug Gavilanes
>>Garden Grove, CA.
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Kevin,

It takes big ones to make it fit the way you did. With my luck, I'll be
buying a second (replacement) snorkel body after destroying the first
one. I've talked to ARB USA and Sun and neither party knew that the
other's product was popular enough and incompatible enough to be a
problem. I have suggested to both of them that the two inner Torx bolts
in the top and bottom of the left side hinge are well exposed and
available as anchor points for a modified mount, once the ARB is in
place. I wish I knew someone at a machine shop that could fabricate
something appropriate for me to mount the lamp on... Two spots are
better than one.

No way I'll have this installed before my trip to Oceano Dunes this
weekend. Oh, well. I'll have to skip the water crossing. Thanks for
the help.

Regards,

Doug Gavilanes
Garden Grove, CA.