Tuesday, Nov 05, 2002 at 01:00
Hi Andy.
As always I have to have my say :)
I extended the breather lines to both my axels. The front finished up under the bonnet clipped to the dip stick tube with electrical ties. The rear was extented from the original location on the chassis up to and clipped to the filler hose at the side of the Troopie. Again electrical ties.
Firstly, remember how much slack you had prior to the extension. I made my first security clamping of the extewnsion where the original ended this way i knew how much slack was required to be left.
Now the extension, simplest way I found was to just cut of the hose endfitting, not the diff end but the other. Go to you local air fitting
shop or Repco and buy 2 double ended barbs , (cost less than $2) to fit the inside diameter of the hose, a small piece you may still have attached to the fitting will give you the size. You can also most likely be able to by the hose there also.
Next measure how long your extensions intend to be and from Marlows or Repco or the like, buy the length of hose, and cut into the required lengths.
Insert the double ended barb into the remaining hose still attached to the diff and secure the other end where you intend the hose fitting to end.
Reinstall the original breather end that you cut off into the extension and Bob's your uncle.
The hoses do not need any clamps around the barbs as there is no pressure to force it off and the fitting is quite snug that will with time bind it's self tighter.
A breather filter is not really required as the breather end is higher up and further away from the dust, and if you look at the original, that was factory installed, it was placed in a very dusty location and no filter was fitted by the makers.
Regards
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