Thread: My Landy drowned ..

Well it finally happened… got stuck in a bog hole and the landy just kept settling deeper and deeper into the mud…

Yes I did walk the obstacle and it was knee deep water with some softish mud but looked OK - nothing I have not done before. If I did get stuck there were lots of trees for winching and a vehicle on standby to snatch – thought I had it all covered. In I went got half way through and lost traction – no panic yet - all under control .
Tried maxtrax and winching out forward but absolutely no movement. Tried snatching out backwards and nearly tore the bullbar of the front of the vehicle – bent it totally. While doing this the right side of the Landy just kept sinking - eventually all the foot wells were covered in about 4 inches of smelly rotten bog water.

Found that under the water and mud the vehicle had lodged onto a 6 inch tree root that no one could have seen under the mud. It bloody well lodged between the right fender and the back of the bullbar. This was not going anywhere -tried swinging the winch onto it to pull it free but nothing. Had a decent axe but could not use it. Eventually a passing Toyota driver pulled out a small pruning saw to cut it off. Doing that under rotten black swamp mud and foot of water was great fun.

Anyhow my sad tale is not the purpose of the post – I want to make sure that I cover all the repairs that may be required so that the insurance company does not leave me with a half repaired Landy that packs up in 3 months time. I think they will scrap it.. but just in case..

Things that I have come up with are:
· Carpets will need total replacement.
· With the bullbar damage - I need to check the chassis alignment
· Wheel wobble - alignment feels out.
· Lower skirting on the left front passenger door popped off - I stuck it back but it will need new "pins"
· Lower skirting on the right front driver door popped off - rubber at bottom is torn - I stuck it back but it will need new "pins"
· I do not think the engine got any water into it but the engine bay got a good soaking. Engine seems more sluggish - lots of revs on acceleration but not the same pull. (could be my imagination)
· Sounds like a ticking noise from that fan belt when idling - could also be the fan which was splashing water around
· do the diffs need an oil change - not sure if there are breathers in the D3
· Rear Bumper got totally screwed when the 1st ARB snatch rope snapped.
· Electrics & all plugs will need to be cleaned / replaced. After we got it out the water :
· the fault lights came on intermittently - seems to have gone not that it's dried out but needs checking.
· Cruise Control would not work
· Alternator light was on continuously - but is off now since it dried out.
· Radio has stopped working
· Breaks are squeaking - could just be mud.
· Complete valet and clean of vehicle.

Can anyone suggest other items that may need to be checked / quoted?

Originally Posted by omnibus

well we all know it is a fact that false or fraudulent claims cost us all, how else do insurance companies recoup from these kind of claims. you can be as as you like but fact is fact, I just think its a bit rich to claim that as an accident is all, i know if i drive thru a big mud hole and get stuck it was no accident i drove thru that mud hole on purpose and that is my opinion like it or lump it,

Neither like it nor lump it - I will just choose to ignore it but thank's for your valuable contribution so far. I have no idea how you come to the conclusion that my claim will be "false or fraudulent" but I would be careful what accusations I post on a public forum.