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[Great-Kazoo]

Mowing the dry desert grasses around the house is so dusty that dirt clogs the Honda air filter before I'm half done mowing, and any dirt that bypasses eats engines. When the air filter gets clogged it can draw crankcase oil into the carb and kill the engine. So, I asked my small engine guy to build me a snorkel air filter. The lower air filter chamber is sealed and a wet vac attachment and hose lead to a Briggs paper and foam filter up on the handles to keep it out of the dust. It works beautifully.



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Can i get a part # for that filter? Thanks, we have an acre of the same stuff you do.

[newracer]

Simply awesome.

[TheNash]

I had a problem with the dust and the ethanol. I wanted an easy way to solve the problem
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[SideShow Bob]

Dang Hummer,
You could forage dry washes in the wet season with that set up.

[Hummer]

I'm stealing that idea. I have that problem. Now, I can fix it. Thanks for posting.

That's great, glad I could help. I've had this idea for a few years but when I had to find another small engine repair shop I ran into the right man. Bill, at BC Small Engine Repair in GJ is a veteran repair guy. He might have thought I was a little nuts for wanting a snorkel air filter but he was with me all the way. We first talked about a water or oil bath filter but it might have been messy. He knew of a lightweight alternative, and he had the hose on hand.

Can i get a part # for that filter? Thanks, we have an acre of the same stuff you do.

It's a Briggs & Stratton 796031 filter. Probably the same item made with other brand names and with different part numbers. It's 3" dia x 5" with 1.5" hole. A tapered vacuum hose adapter, 4"x 1.5" to 1.4" fits the hose to the filter perfectly.

The wet vac attachment is riveted and glued with black silicon to seal to the air filter housing cover. The original filter is too much air restriction so the paper is cut away but the surrounding rubber seal is used. Note, my pic shows the paper cut away but the filter should be reversed horizontally to allow air in from the vac attachment.

The hose is simply zip tied in place. I use a nylon paint strainer bag over the filter to reduce larger dust particles on the filter.

Simply awesome.

Thanks! Ideas and technical know how came together. Somebody could make big bucks on it.....

Here's some detail pics:

A Honda double foam prefilter, and the original paper filter cut out. Reverse it horizontally before installing.






Note the rivets and black silicone. Fit the cover securely as the original.

[Hummer]

Dang Hummer,
You could forage dry washes in the wet season with that set up.

Kinda like my aluminum canoe that has balloon tires. Wait for desert flooding to ride the washes, then when the water tapers off, just roll the canoe across the desert sands. Right out of Edward Abby.

[Gman]

A fine piece of redneck engineering. When's the article publishing in Popular Mechanics?

[buffalobo]

Purchased from member here. Always wanted taller safe. Rented a 1500# stair climber dolly to move it. It was an adventure.

[Bailey Guns]

Nice safe. Good for you!

[brutal]

Got it home today much sooner than I thought I would. Nice machine:

Cool rear seat driver ejector seat.