DEEPEST WADING PICS?

Post by **poshbuggers** » 15 Oct 2007, 13:56

Mine is a 1.9 petrol.

Post by **vwjon** » 16 Oct 2007, 10:10

mines a 2.1 petrol mv motor, it coughs n splutters thru heavy rain, but never missed a beat in deep water, mines also got the factory fitted snorkel in the r/h rear vent, i guess that helps abit.

Post by **Russel** » 16 Oct 2007, 18:03

The snorkle in the rear isnt a water snorkel but just for dust.It has a water drain in the bottom that will suck water if submerged.A standard syncro air filter housing is also not water tight and will suck water.This all applyes to diesles and petrols.
To wade sucsesfully and safely u need to do a bit of modding.

Post by **ELVIS** » 16 Oct 2007, 19:05

you can wade a petrol if you give it enough effort!got my V8 under water !

aswell as plug covers i siliconed cap on and blocked hole in dizzy base then ran some very fine breather hose (same bore as vacum advance stuff) from a hole drilled in dizzy cap up to the snorkel side. seal coil in a watertight box (maplins or tupperware!) silicon around wires. kinda ads the element of fun(doubt?) you dont get when wading a diesel!

cheeky pic of talybont (ponsticl holes) had it up to mirrors , snorkel/axle/box breathers were inside as fed up with em getting full o poo! 3.9 converted to hotwire injection and a 4 speed ZF auto , YUM YUM , oh and 12mpg on road , about 6 offroad/low box

[IMG:800:600]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/ ... t035-1.jpg[/img]

Post by **vwjon** » 17 Oct 2007, 09:41

russel, what mods do i need to do? you got me worried now! especially after seeing my boss hydrolic his motor!
i sprayed the plug leads with silicone, there were some drops of water inside my air filter i just though it was cos it was a crap fit! the seals not so good, bath sealer??

Post by **89syncrolee** » 20 Oct 2007, 22:48

ELVIS wrote:try doing strata florida in flood - nearly 3t of g wagon going sideways LR ? knew someone else on here drove a proper 4x4

try it on 2 wheels gets really wet including nuts wish i could post pictures...

Post by **ELVIS** » 20 Oct 2007, 22:59

all the TRF fellas i know will only wade to about 12-14" for some reason , summink to do with carbs i think

if you have done strata in flood i would love to see pics , not that i dont belive you

Post by **HarryMann** » 23 Oct 2007, 21:17

http://www.busman.be/swimcro.wmv

Post by **lloyd** » 26 Oct 2007, 14:33

This tribute vid to Gordon Craig has some real wading/swimming in the last half:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7929243382