Nice chute Vint_mow, but I am more interested in how I see a snorkel pipe on what appears to be a new OHV briggs???
Do tell how you did that one
My uncle showed me how to do that. Basically you need to do a lot of sealing up. I used rubber and fibre furniture protector sheets, cut them to the sizes and stuck them on, Then added extra glues and silicon until it formed a perfect seal. You have to really look close to get all of the gaps because there are a lot of spaces to fill up. So many in fact that I really doubt those original filters kept all of the dust and dirt out. I keep the old filter in place as well as using the one on the snorkel too. Every now and then I clean both filters.
Oh and you will need one of these and something to drill out a large hole in the outer part of the canister, making sure to leave enough room for the primer bulb. Then I simply cut a small piece of flat steel and threaded it through the middle so it could be placed in behind the hole to tighten the snorkel adaptor. You will need some kind of soft rubber washer or similar to form a leak-proof seal against the outer plastic of the filter canister.
The photo below shows the newer type of snorkel adaptor. These will work okay but you might have to cut off some of the surrounding plastic. The older type that was round and fit on the top of the B&S carby were the best ones for this task.
Edit: I just remembered that in order to get a snug fit without any leaks for the snorkel adaptor, I cut the top off an old B&S carby and pushed it through the hole I made in the canister. You have to cut the hole the right diameter for a snug fit. The old metal type carby is probably superior to the newer plastic ones, but both should do the job. Then you just add a standard carby-snorkel washer and tighten it down and that's it.
