Pilbara2 replied:

50mm PVC conduit bungs glued into position should do the job however the colour of the snorkle would be odd. Suppose some paint would fix this.

ZukScooterX90 (QLD)Member replied:

Roachie being who you are i think you already know the answer to your question,but if i may be bold i if ti were my wheels or in this case snorkel i would not bother mucking around penny pinching & put another snorkel & two if it is not getting enough air,have seen it on some 4x4s.:o))
Bob.

Member - extfilm (NSW) replied:

Hey Roachie,

A mate of mine was a proffessional Rodeo kayaker (until he compressed 3 vertibrae doing cartwheels down a 65 foot waterfall in his kayak). I used to watch him repair big holes in his plastic kayak by using patches and heat.
Although the plastic is very thin on your snorkel.... I would probably be inclined to cut a piece about 7mm bigger, use a hot glue gun to glue them together and then using a hot piece of steel gently weld the seam together..

Eric Experience. replied:

Roachie.
There are plastic bungs in the floor of most cars, they are there to allow the paint to drain out when the body is dipped in the rust proofing.One of those bungs would fit in your hole.
Eric.

Member - John replied:

Roachie, maybe try a plastic welder, they may be able to fix it? I had one cut and shut a water tank once, could hardly tell where it was done. John

Alloy c/t replied:

Pluging / plastic welding / silicon / all will work , gunna look butt ugly butt , for a man that has every known 4x4 gizmo known to man , the very least your new truck deserves is a schmick new snorkel ,

acdc replied:

You can plastic weld with a soldering iron,find some scrap black plastic.

Richard Kovac replied:

Can you show as your hole

Member - Jiarna (NT) replied:

Hi Roachie

Perhaps you could try gluing new discs of plastic in place with Loctite 406 (super glue for difficult to bond materials). I keep a tube handy and it's amazing what you can fix with it. Better than cheapie super glue. The trick in your case will be to cut the fill-in discs with tight enough tolerance for the super glue to grab hold - try cutting very slightly bigger then filing down in a slight wedge shape for a tight fit.

Good luck
John

Exploder replied:

Why not just swap over the Snorkel from the Old Rig to the new one and put the snorkel from the new rig back on the old one.

Member - Andy Q (VIC) replied:

G'day Roachie,
Clark Rubber is your answer. They have a variety of rubber bungs in most sizes from 5mm to 100mm, these are like the 'rubber bungs' in the floor of some vehicles. Do not use silicone it will come unstuck not long after you apply it, it does not stick to rubber or plastic permanently. Use a proper gasket sealent.
Good luck.

andy

Brian B (QLD) replied:

Roachie,

As someone else said earlier, those plastic welder guys are very good. When I was at work we used them all the time on repairing government vehicles with holes torn in bumpers etc and you couldn't tell where the repair had been done when they were finished.

Next time you are in the city it might be worth your while to let one of them have a look for you.

Have a good one.

Blaze replied:

Hi Roachie,

Ifc they are around the 50mm as stated, you should be able to get a 50mm rubber gromet, same as used in chassis pans to allow wiring etc, just larger, some dark coloured silly-astic and bobs your uncle. Had to put some silly-astic around a couple on my last diesel and it worked a treat

Willem replied:

Hey Bill

Maybe just put some tape around it for starters and see if there is a big difference in performance. If after a while you still want to go ahead to block the holes get some grommets as Blaze said. Too easy

Cheers

Gajm replied:

Hey Roachie, I would cut the 50mm coin size circles but glue them to bigger pieces with maybe a 15mm overlap, kinda like you would do when fixing a large hole in plaster. If you cant get to behind the holes to fix them in place. you could just make the behind piece wider but the same 50mm height and use a long screw in the centre and front of your repair piece, to move it and hold it in place and then unscrew it and fill that small hole.

I don't know if that makes sense to you, but it gives you a bit to glue to, and keeps the original holes fairly level with the rest of the snorkel, which you could then run black silastic around to add another seal and neaten it up.

As for glue I have used a product called ACRIFIX 192. It bonds incredibly well but that is to perspex and acrylics. It also sets like rock when it drips onto the bench so it maybe ok for the snorkel plastic. But I can't say for sure. I would ring somewhere like Victorian mob, Plastics for Industry 03 9706 3077 and ask them.

Des Lexic replied:

Geez your a menace. Plastic Welding can be done by most motor cycle repair places. Check with your local plummer too. I think you can buy a rainwater tank repair plug that involves tightening up a screw to secure it in position. I think that with the rubber grommets, they could fall out at innapropriate times. LOL
See you next weekend. There will be a new Kimberly Karavan there too I'm led to believe.

Member - DOZER replied:

The plastic bungs in the top of caravan water tanks?? or something similar....

Member - Duncs replied:

This new toy sure is proving fun already eh Roachie!

Duncs