well, after having no luck finding a how to for 98+ rangers, ive decided to try it out and see where i got with it. im very happy with the result!

Precautions: cut / drill fenders carefully!!! once you do this you cannot go back unless you buy a new fender. time took about 4 hours, and difficulty was about 4/10

Tools used: ARB 80 series land cruiser snorkel
a second person
3 1/4" ( mandatory )and 3" hole saw ( optional ),
various drill bits,
dremel with cut off wheel,
file

Materials: (2) metal hose clamps - 2.5"-3.5"
hi temp water resistant silicone
4" white dryer duct hose ( not metal flexible dryer hose it is not bendy enough

Procedure: ignore filthy truck lol

the kit comes with a drilling template, line it up with the fender as it shows to the top of the fender. DO NOT DRILL THE HOLE CLOSEST TO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. IT WONT WORK.


i then used a small center punch and punched small dents where the holes needed to be drilled. AGAIN DO NOT DRILL THE HOLE CLOSEST TO THE FRONT

took the template off, and drilled the holes including the snorkel hole


remove front fender , consists of bolts in behind the headlight, along the top of the fender under the hood, inside the passenger door jam front, under the passenger floor right behind the wheel well.



Do you see that vacuum ball thing above the fender liner? you need to move that out of the way, i didnt get any pictures of it but i moved it down closer to the front of the truck .
Once that is moved out of the way you need to take out your air box.
Drill your 3 1/4" hole into your inner fender wall just underneath the airbox side mounting holes. There isnt much room so just do your best to center it. may need to dremel to make it bigger. file down all sharp edges.

Next up is seal off the front of your air box. i already had the air box mod, but if you havent yet, take off your air box silencer. I found a flat piece of plastic, cut it to shape and siliconed it over the hole sealing it ( no pic)

then drill a 3" hole in the side of the airbox closest to the fender, making sure to line it up to the fender hole you already drilled.

Next, is to find something to fit into that air box hole that will make it possible to clamp a hose onto. I used a small paint can, that i cut out the bottom so air can flow through, and mounted it half in half out like this > i used the string to hold it in place while the silicone set.


while that was drying, i mounted the snorkel to my fender, if you have 2006+ flares you will need to trim the top of them to accommodate the snorkel.


after all of the silicone is dry, run your dryer hose through inner fender onto your modded air box adapter..( my paint can ) put silicone around it first so when you clamp down it becomes air tight. it may take some bending and forcing into the fender, but it will go through.
this is the dryer duct you need


now get a friend to help hold up the fender with the snorkel, quickly measure the length needed for dryer duct, and cut accordingly.

clamp dowm the other side of the dryer duct to the snorkel, and fit your fender back onto your truck.


make sure that when you stick your hand over the top of the snorkel the truck stalls out ( verifying that is it air tight and water proof!) and enjoy your new snorkel!!

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98 ranger redbeast

Sweet! nice job on the install and the write up

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2008 DSG fx4 -265/75/16 BFG A/T, Bilstein HD shocks,Rock crusher diff cover, JD traction bars, AFE intake, Eaton M90, 2.8 pulley, Dynomax SS exhaust, EBC sport rotors, EBC green 7000 pads, 4.10 Torsen LS Front and Rear, Fox Coil overs TG Rock sliders and some other stuff
Build thread

2007 Shelby GT500 ...521 RWHP

Link to where you bought this? Great right up also!!

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Black 2008 ranger sport 4.0 SOHC SAS'd and converted to 4x4 riding on a Dana 50 up front and a sterling 10.50 in the rear regeared with 5.13's, mickey thompson classic 3's rapped in 37x12.50 maxxis creepy crawlers

Add this link in there.

http://store.arbusa.com/Safari-Snork...1HF-P3493.aspx

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Also what hole won't work? Can u circle it?

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1999 Ranger 3.0FFV-ExtCab-4x4-My 99 Build
1998 Ranger 3.0-ExtCab-4x4-PROJECT TRUCK-My 98 Build

I'll add the link when I get to a computer, and also circle the hole tonight. But it's the hole that I drilled in front of the snorkel hole. I drilled it, and it didn't end up working. The fender angle is off

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98 ranger redbeast

Excellent write-up. And good job, basshead!

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1997 4x4 Mazda B4000 SE, Ext.Cab

Yeah thanks....

Now I gotta save up $420 for this snorkel..thanks alot!!!!

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1999 Ranger 3.0FFV-ExtCab-4x4-My 99 Build
1998 Ranger 3.0-ExtCab-4x4-PROJECT TRUCK-My 98 Build

Oh and i have one really simple stupid question.......why why wouldn't you have at least washed the front fender first?? lol

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1999 Ranger 3.0FFV-ExtCab-4x4-My 99 Build
1998 Ranger 3.0-ExtCab-4x4-PROJECT TRUCK-My 98 Build

Because trail rig bro! Lol just lazy honestly

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98 ranger redbeast

Dat stinger doe!

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2005 XL 2.3 (duratec), 15x8 American Racing Baja wheels, BFGoodrich 32x11.50 all terrains, 4.10 open diffs, CB/PA, ORI Baja Eliminator Lightbar(sold), Hella 500 Foglights, Fabtech upper control arms, camburg coil springs, Maxtrac "4" inch spindles and shackles, 32 inch Bfgoodrich AT's, Spyder Halo Headlights, custom rear tube bumper with integrated hitch, custom front prerunner bumper with skidplate, roadrunner fiberglass front fenders, pulled bedsides

Love the write up! I wonder if a non-ARB snorkel would work, it's for he same vehicle but WAY cheaper. Opinion since your's seems very very well set up.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/90-98-Land-C...de25a0&vxp=mtr

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Either DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT or go fix it til you can Corn Country

Just installed the Land Cruiser 80 series snorkel on my B 4000. Bought it off of eBay for $85, it worked out great. Used a full PVC pipe system instead of Dryer hose, had to modify quite a bit. It turned out great though!

This One?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Snorkel-Air-...=mtr#vi-ilComp

Looks like it...#s matches, st080a..and for $80 instead of $400

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1999 Ranger 3.0FFV-ExtCab-4x4-My 99 Build
1998 Ranger 3.0-ExtCab-4x4-PROJECT TRUCK-My 98 Build

Thanks Man! I Havent been on here in ages glad to see the trucks looking as good as ever