River crossings

Rihearn,

Answers IMHO are;

1. You should wait at least a half hour if the diffs, etc are hot.

2. A blind should be used in that depth of water regardless.

You should also check that water hasn't entered in through the speakers in the doors, I always plug up the drain holes in my doors with bluetack for that reason. It is also a good preventer of bull dust coming through the speakers, etc.

Unplug them in the winter if you're not in the bush.

Geoff.

1) Depends on how long you have been driving for.. If its 5 hours of hard driving, then have a coffee, wee, take some photos, walk it, then if your unsure, jump under and hold the diff, feel how hot it is. If you have been just crusing for half hour, maybe 20mins COULD be ok... All depends on the day, type of driving etc.

2) You have a snorkel, then if your system is waterproof (No leaks in the air intake system) I cant see why you would need a blind. I've had water on my lifted GQ over the bonnet onto the screen before with no blind, in hindsight I probably should have had one for that depth.

The blind should do more than the top of the bullbar.

it should go from under the car, tie to the diff, up and open the bonnet, and go right to the back of the engine bay, so any water that get son the blind goes up under the bonnet, straight up the windscreen and out.. then tie it to the side mirrors to give you total coverage. It may seem like a wank, but whats an engine worth. This also gives you more time for things to cool down to a better temp.

Now that you have done some creeks, it would pay to remove the Manual hub from the front and check for water leaks. Mine leaked like snot and the wheel bearings were seriously shot.

$110 a side for both bearings and the large inner seal from Bursons. Probably cheaper to do bearings $25ea from Frankston Bearings, and then Nissan for the seal, probably $20, but it was late Saturday when I was shopping, had no choice.. :(
Use Silastic to reseal the hub back on.

one of the most common damage ive seen {not includeing water through the electrics} is the cooling fan hittng the water and the blades bending forwards wit the thrust chewing out the raditor.very costly and unless you good at sealing 40-60 rows of the raditator ....its a tow away job. always use a blind as said from near the diff to over the bonnet.

sahdow

Did you mention RIVER CROSSING ????
Ok where did you go and how many crossing did you do.....I love river crossing...lol