Showing posts with label 6mm nylon tube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 6mm nylon tube. Show all posts

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Breather line extension "kit"


Lol, not so much a kit as it's much more like what $60 in supplies from a local DIY wil get you.

The install was fairly easy, I've qualified the "easy" here because the gearbox and trans case breathers can be a right pain-in-the-ass to get at but nothing a bit of determination and some WD-40 can't solve.

The TD5 axle breathers are not threaded, but the push to fit type lines. So I pulled the plugs out with a vise-grip and tapped a new 1/4" NPT to receive the compressor lines that you see above. here's the plug before I pulled it out

The Gearbox carries a torx plug and if your defender is "well-travelled" like mine then after you strip this trying to get it out, it may be a good idea to replace it with a common diff/plumbing plug. After joining everything together I've just run the main hose up the snorkel and Voila! Job done!