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johnjx

water bogging
« on: February 20, 2008, 02:29:11 PM »
just curoius as well, is there any vents or anything engine, tranny,axel,steeering i neeed to patch up before i do mud/water boggings??
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Re: water bogging
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2008, 09:58:01 PM »
Yes,

Engine, tranny, t-case, and front and rear diffs.
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Re: water bogging
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2008, 10:25:38 PM »
like what excactly?for the engine i am pretty sure that the intake is the only thing i need to be careful. what do i need to do for the tranmision and the transfer case and the diffs?
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Re: water bogging
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2008, 12:55:05 AM »
The front and rear diffs have breathers on them, they are small metal vents sticking up on the top of the axle.  you need to mount hose on them and rout them up high on the rig so when you do go balls deep in water your axles don't fill up.
As for the tranny and T-case they have breathers as well, they look similar to the diff breathers.  They are on top of the two components, do the same as the diff breathers.
And for the engine, the intake is the main concern. A snorkel, prevents from hydro-locking your engine.  But your electrical is going to get the shaft if you dont do somthing about that.  I have heard people filling there distributors with vaseline?  (I'm not 100 percent on that)
You just need to make sure that you have all of your electical sealed up good.
Im not sure how deep of water your thinking of going in, but if your thinking about powering through river thats 5 feet deep you should probably think about taking a different approach to that.

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Re: water bogging
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2008, 04:42:29 AM »
On the Vitara/Track/Kick the diffs have breather pipes. The front one comes up the fron
of the engine so its just below bonnet height. The gearbox breathers come up behind the engine near the distributor. The rear breather comes up behind the (UK) drivers side rear light. I would pull apart all the electrical plugs you can get to a smear the contacts with petroleum jelly to waterproof them. A smear of vaseline or silicon sealant around the joints in the dizzy will help too. Don't go deeper than the front bumper without a snorkel - there is an air intake inside the front wing alongside the headlight.
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Re: water bogging
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2008, 09:11:07 AM »
yea the highest of water i am going is below my hood. everything is stock but with 31x10.5 tires. the deepest mud i'v gone through is up to my bumber, a lil below , and the deepest water is a tad bit below my top bumber
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Re: water bogging
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2008, 09:27:37 AM »
Quote from: johnjx on February 21, 2008, 09:11:07 AM
yea the highest of water i am going is below my hood. everything is stock but with 31x10.5 tires. the deepest mud i'v gone through is up to my bumber, a lil below , and the deepest water is a tad bit below my top bumber



hehe... you said bumber twice...


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Re: water bogging
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2008, 02:44:30 PM »
just let things cool off befor going in, the seals are one way, keeping oil in but will let water in from the outside because most seals are only meant for one direction. there for while the parts hot hitting cold water will draw the water inward even with a vent.
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Re: water bogging
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2008, 03:30:22 PM »
Dilectric grease is my friend.  Use it on every external electrical connection and plug you can find and get to. I also use it on my spark plug caps and plug ends, coil wire, dist, pretty much everything electrical. Then I only go thru mud and water if it's unavoidable in the trail.  Mud is dum spelled backwards.
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