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drowned sally
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:28 pm
by sally_o
drowned my vit on the weekend and was going to spend this weekend going over it. was going to change diff and trasfer oils,check bearings and hubs.anything in perticular i should be looking for or anything else i should check???????
also i have just put a new winch on it only 3 weeks ago,should i pull it down and re-greese it????
Re: drowned sally
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:34 pm
by Guy
sally_o wrote:drowned my vit on the weekend and was going to spend this weekend going over it. was going to change diff and trasfer oils,check bearings and hubs.anything in perticular i should be looking for or anything else i should check???????
also i have just put a new winch on it only 3 weeks ago,should i pull it down and re-greese it????
how long was it drowned and how deep ?
Give the winch a couple of good runs to heat it up and dry it out. check your gearbox as well. make sure the radiator is not all clogged up with gunk to.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:46 pm
by sally_o
it was up to my waist on the drivers side and seat level on the passenger side .it was there about 2 hrs.nice rocky stream so no mud(came out nice and clean...lol...)passenger side was ok so didnt suck any water into the air intake.clutched it and it started easy enough so was able to drive it home and it seemed fine just got a very wet butt.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:53 pm
by fool_injected
Spray whatever electrical connections under the dash that you can get at with wd40
At least do the fuse box
Check that no water made it's way into the brake fluid (and blinker fluid)
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:02 am
by sally_o
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:51 am
by ScrawnC
Hhahahahahahahahaha
You'll have to do a search on blinker fluid
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:04 am
by 11_evl
NNNOOOOOOO!!!! dont ask
but yes just drain/ clean and replace everything.
i think the diffs SHOULD be fine as the factory breathers are pretty good on a vit, but check anyway
check fuel for water
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:38 pm
by sally_o
cool.thanks for that guys..
just 1 more thing.... was wondering if there was any reason y i couldnt use marine grease in the bearings and is there anything i should go for inperticular when i buy fluids,as in ones that r more suited for 4 wheelers(i drive a lot of water and mud)???
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:55 pm
by badger
i used the blue marine grease castrol makes in my gq as it was used mainly offroad, it worked great but im unsure if it has any detrimental effects for something that does alot of k's
best bet is to extend all your breathers in relation to diffs and gear box
also try to avoid driving into water with a red hot diff. no matter what you do to the oil you wont stop the water from stuffing up the oil and internals of your running gear once it gets in there.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:59 pm
by weaves
pretty much all greases will work in that situation, at work we would suggest valvaline valplex m or valplex EP, both are suitable for wheel bearings, the ep is more a high pressure grease with a much much higher temp rating (not that it matters in this case) and both are good with water resistance, but if you maintain and regrease reguarly it wont matter to much.
weaves
