Yeah diff locks and a winch are a must have I reckon. Have just ordered a proper snorkle and air box seal kit as it was a good reminder that the factory ones don't work in water and I would hate to hydrolic it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trout
Yeah diff locks and a winch are a must have I reckon. Have just ordered a proper snorkle and air box seal kit as it was a good reminder that the factory ones don't work in water and I would hate to hydrolic it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trout
My patrols factory rear diff lock had safed my bacon a few times.If not,the 9000lb super winch at the front has pulled me out of the swamp and soft river beds with ease.Allways carry eaxtra rope and say 4 wiretars cut to about a metre longs+10lb hammer.
Diff locks just mean you get a few more meters before you get stuck. You are now MUCH more stuck than before you locked the diff:omg:
I'm not sure a snorkle on a modern wagon is all that useful. The electronics will shit themselves waaay before you get to the plimsoll line of a decent snorkle.
This Hilux stopped working when water came up just above the accelerator pedal. All the electronic boxes of tricks are bolted to the firewall, and are definitely NOT waterproof.
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Ground anchors are definitely faster and lighter than burying the spare tyre.
If money is tight, the winch beats all other options.
That's not ideal, the connectors are supposed to be IP rated waterproof... Something went wrong haha. The Ranger's modules are either on top of the wheel arches where the battery and fuse box is or in the cab. That doesn't stop a sensor connector failing or something in the starter or alternator crapping itself though.Quote:
Originally Posted by XR500
@XR500 shit that's not very deep aye!
I remember my good old bj40 would happily be a submarine and keep going.
Look foward to getting my bj45 on the road. all it needs is 12 volts to the fuel solinoid and it will go all day!Attachment 248623
the old power board screw anchors used to brace powoer poles cut down a lot shorther make damn good anchots to carry and easy to get out againQuote:
Originally Posted by XR500
I see the NP300 Navara has a wading depth of 450mm approximately the axle. There's a big dirty loom connector behind the front mud guard that gets wet. An Aussie you tuber had his warranty declined by Nissan after they showed him in his video going over the axles. Turned out the connector was missing a few bungs.
Yeah, a snorkel wont do much, I don't think I'm even going to put one in my LN106, hasn't had one yet despite swallowing water a couple times, just got it breathing from the firewall instead of the headlight.
heres a funny one about water and wading - two bright spark station workers flooded a brand new 60 hp Kubota tractor in the Poroporo river at Tikitiki - in their wisdom they hooked on a Ford 5000 tractor and hauled it out - wont start drag it full bore down the road and drop the clutch - add in Gisborne paper about a month later tender 60hp Kubota tractor with front end loader - 60 hours -has engine damage - located at Tikitiki -Tikitiki Farm trust -- engine damage it had a conrod sticking out of the block
I wonder if there is a way of waterproofing the ecu?
I got one of these 9 years ago, has been great, and is always onboard.
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Is that up in the dash, above the glove box? You're sitting in water yourself if you're getting that wet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gkp
Yep one option. There's a few different options now in ground anchors, you get screw types, the spade type, rack types that dig into the surface etc etc. Starting to get some mega powerful hand held cordless winches too, 12ton pull 3ton lift off a cordless tool type battery. Can't wait for those to come onto the market as much better than hanging a wench off your front bumper as decoration 99% of the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by MSL
They are actually meant to be sealed, as if you are going to get water in from a little bit flowing past they aren't going to live through pressure washing or a good splashing even. But, get a ABS sensor connector wet or a DPF or oxygen sensor, or something in the fuel handling or oxygen sensors and the like and the engine could stop working on you anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gkp
The downside of a modern 4x4 aye
No, its vertical, up against the firewall. midway up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hahn
Modern wiring looms have so fricken many connectors where water can get in, and all the electronics are so fickle to resistance changes that they will play up at the single wet event. As the photo showed, that Hilux was not in deep. Any of the 1980's and most 1990's 4wds with snorkle would have just needed the carpets dried out.
Mine not modern,24yrs old.Dont think theres any computors in it.lolsQuote:
Originally Posted by Gkp
I wonder why they did that. The KZN165 and maybe other hiluxs are in the cab up high. Water can travel a long way inside insulation too. Best to keep the wire out of the water if you can help it.Quote:
Originally Posted by XR500
When I put my Hilux under to the windscreen I blew most of the fuses. She still turned over and started submerged and blew a big cloud of white smoke when it came out again. Lucky not to do a rod. You know it's deep when the water starts coming in the air vents.
Worst I saw was a guy trying to winch a log away from a structure on the opposite bank of a small river. Nosed up to the bank, handbrake on, connected up and started the pull. Except the whole bank pulled away, washed out from under the ute and bloody near stood it on it's front bumper with the water level at the windscreen wiper level. That was a definite oops...
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On the off chance that someone here knows of a set laying idle, I’m after another set of the factory steel wheels off a 70 series.
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Originally Posted by MSL
ya got a loose wheel nut
Took the wheel off to remove a stone, stuck between the disc and the shroud. It’s a screenshot from a video.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
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Cheers for that, will see how I can get them to HamiltonQuote:
Originally Posted by Carbine
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Go see your local toyota dealer. Quite often they take them off from new in favor of fat tyres.
Should be able to get new for 100 a corner
Looks like Tojo ditched the widow maker split rims on the 70 series going on that photo.A step in the right direction
Have tried that. The tyre place that does all of Toyotas work, says they just don’t get them anymore, customers hang on to them, not that there’s a heap of LT models sold here anyway.Quote:
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I'm pretty sure I have some in my pile of parts I'll have a look for yaQuote:
Originally Posted by MSL
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Cheers mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
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