Stopping water getting through snorkel

[taslucas]

Good idea mate, my only concern by cutting the rubber on angle would be how close the cut is to the bottom of the rubber.

If cut close to where the elbow bends then you have a down hill angle straight away asking for water to come down thats all.

I dont have much horizontal rubber length on the elbow of mine.

But at the same time it removes the piece that catches the rain..... Rain falls, lands on the inside bottom section of the elbow then it's channeled into the snorkel

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[AB]

I'm getting my degrees mixed up...lol

Below is the 45....So a 90 would proobably work good as it will be arcing downwards. Mine will be close but probably enough room I think.

Might go for a drive and pick one up and try it out!!!

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[taslucas]

It's the same principle as the forward facing store brought one's. If they didn't have an angle on them then they would catch a heap more water

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[taslucas]

Looks like your 45 is sitting on the roof. A 90 would probably be pushing against the roof

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[rkinsey]

Can you get 130's?.....That would be better too, so the opening is facing downwards more.

I dint know AB. I thought you got these from a truck parts store in Melbourne? Maybe they might have them?

[AB]

Wish my car was here....LMAO

[rkinsey]

If you were to cut the existing piece of elbow, dont cut it on the angle.

Looking at a side on profile, start a horisontal cut say 2cm from the top of the pipe elbow and in paralell with teh top of the pip[e elbow and cut about 3 cms and then turn the cut 90 deg and cut down until you come to about 1 cm in front of the joint at the bottom of the pipe.

Somthing like that might work?

[taslucas]

Yeah that would probably work

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[AB]

Just got back from the truck parts shop. 90 degree bend would work perfectly but I'll check tonight with how close it will be to the gutter.

[rkinsey]

AB. Can you PM me the name of the truck parts store please? I am going to make my own snorkel next year but cant find anyone in Sydney that sells these items.

Cheers,

Rob