Hi all,
I got stuck in a bog hole With SHMBO, she was out the window and attaching snatch strap, in waste high muddy
water.
I flooded my 80 series and had muddy
water floating over bottom of gear stick. ( very fine mud, like talcum powder, when dried).
I have striped 4wd and cleaned it out ( Lucky standard model).
I would like to know from the vast amount of experience out there, are there any rust spots that l should know about while the 4wd is apart.
I have fixed the rear windows last year (just light surface bubbles).
Any help would be very appreciated.
Just for interested the
water level on 4wd was 1 cm below the wheel arch's sitting for about 7 minutes with motor running and this is what happened.
I had to take everything out of 4wd. all the seats, draw system, all flooring all door panels and all other panels in 4wd. I hosed all the inside of all doors and floor of the 4wd out after removing all the rubber bungs in floor.
All other things that I found out:
1. Had to change all oils in both diffs as
water entered both, also changed gear box and transfer case to be safe,
2. Could not start 4wd next morning full of mud (had to tow start). had to pull off starter motor and clean out. (Full of Mud).
3. Mud and
water entered both low beam headlights and blew both of them, high beam still worked.
4. Front Indicators both filled with mud and
water, but still work.
5. Front
seat belts filled with mud and
water. worked for a few days, when dried they locked in place and could not use them (Major hassle and had to clean them out).
This is what has happened so far, l did learn a few things from this, just because you went through the bog hole one way, it doesn't mean you can come back the other way.
Hope this helps a few people from my stupid mistake, after 10 year of driving 4wd do not think that you know everything. We can and do come unstuck. we can always learn something along the way. The only way we stop learning is when we stop breathing!!!!!!
Just wanted to know about rust problems, all help would be very appreciated.
Thanks in advance for all help.
Just remember that all that laugh at my misfortune, it will come back and bite ya when ya do not expect it !!!!(ha ha)
Thanks David