The snorkel install turned out to be one of the hardest and most time consuming modification's I have done.
Here is a little summery of the second day of the install.
Before I set out to tackle the rubber elbow, I removed the air cleaner housing. As noted in TacoDoc's instructions, there are two small holes in the bottom. These should be sealed up. Luckily, I had some left over RTV from working at the automotive shop back in Oregon. This stuff is very pricey, so I'm glad I had enough.
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Then I set out to tackle the dreaded elbow. Since this was not made for our trucks it does take some modifications and guess work to make this snorkel work.
I pulled back the fender liner again.
I suggest before you start this, you should pick up a few of these fasteners. They can be a pain to pull out and some we had to break. It does not hurt to have a few spares anyways.
There does not seem to be much room for leeway, so one needs to be pretty spot on when drilling the holes. The "shovel" end pushes against the the fender and slopes downward. This caused a problem when trying to attach the elbow and have it come out the stock hole at a proper angle.
With a lot of grunting, pushing, and swearing I finally got it on. The angle of the elbow, as it barely came out of the stock hole, was not the angle it should be when coming out, but I forced it too work.
Next up was the crossover tube. Really simple to figure out. This is part of the install that can be done many ways, so you don't have to follow what TacoDoc did unless you so desire. I chose a different way since I had no access to a tube bender and did not want to go through the pain of paying someone to do it for me.
I cut the stock crossover tube right behind the big box where the legs are. I had bought the 3 to 3 plumbing connector before hand and this would still work for what I was doing. With some dumpster diving behind a muffler shop, I found some scrapped exhaust pipe and cut it to the needed length. Needless to say I miss having a shop full of tools. My arm and hand are killing me.
And
Voila!
I don't know how well this will work, but I put a bead of RTV along the base plate on the pillar to try to prevent water from working its way in.
For the most part the snorkel looks like it was made for the truck. Although, with a closer look one can tell that the contours are not exact.
But, it still looks good.
The only thing that bothers me, is that damn elbow. Let's see how my install holds up to heavy road use.
