Even Tojo troopies have all that wadding under the vinyl on the floor. Smells like a mouldy dog when it gets wet and doesn’t dry unless you rip it all out. Give me the simplicity of a bare metal Defender any day.
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Even Tojo troopies have all that wadding under the vinyl on the floor. Smells like a mouldy dog when it gets wet and doesn’t dry unless you rip it all out. Give me the simplicity of a bare metal Defender any day.
Ah right - I've never had to hose one out. Have with the RRC but I stuck the ECU well out of harms way.Quote:
Originally Posted by weeds
Have seen a P38 so deep in water that the drivers seat base was submerged - and that did wonderful things to the body ECU mounted under it (what a place to put one). [emoji38]
We did manage to get it going with some clean water to wash the mud off the board once removed from the car and a donated hair dryer (which most still believe was mine) [emoji56]
Bit hard to see the difference between hosing the engine compartment and driving in heavy rain with inches of water on the road (most of the water on my feet comes via the engine compartment!). Pressure washing is a different matter though.
I seem to remember that p38 story from this forum, amazing you got it going.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
I'm a big believer of not having any electronics under the seats.
My current Range Rover classic is electronic free below the centre console, it's a great feeling when your going into deep water country.
Yeah ok with an Isuzu or a Tdi, but I wouldn’t hose a Puma engine bay.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
Why? I'm sure 500mm wading would be the equivalent of a thorough hosing, high pressure no on any carQuote:
Originally Posted by Zeros
D2 TD5 has the auto ECU under the passengers seat,what a wonderfull thought out design.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackrangie
I flooded one on a Cape trip(don't ask),but luckily after drying out it continued to work.
Under the seat i also found numerous small fish[biggrin]
About 55 years ago I drowned my Series 1 in a creek between Aramac and Longreach. Drove it out on the starter, and only took me about an hour to dry the distributor out and empty thewater out of the aircleaner. Drove on into Longreach and changed all the oils. Didn't seem to be any adverse effects.
Washing the oil out of those oil filters does make a nice smoke screen.
I remember my father doing it getting onto the barge to get off Fraser island in a cyclone.
Due to the swell,it couldn't get close to the beach.
The Series 1 clambered up the ramp and onto the barge,towing an old wooden trailer,smoke billowing from the exhaust,which was a good 3 feet under water at least.
She was lashed down,for the uncomfortable ride across
Getting off was less eventful,but the generator decided it had had enough,just as we got off the beach at Tin Can bay.
Those were certainly fun days
Sure, you could put a sprinkler under it or drive through a creek. But I wouldn’t be hosing the wiring, sensors, or ecu from above unecessarily.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackrangie