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waterproofing
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:10 pm
by zuknut
I have a 413 with a 16v injected escudo motor in it,
great truck, but not that fond of water, any Idears on how to change that would be much appreiated.
Whats the best spray to use 4 the eletrics?
I use a blind, and fit a glove to the distributor.
Thanks
Re: waterproofing
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:58 am
by meece4x4
what i did to my bush truck was
No 1 most important
ADD A SNORKEL
add a bead of silicon around the top of the sparkplug rubbers, (they dont keep water out very well)
like you added a glove to distributor cap
added a thin alloy shield over the coil pack
got 2 cans of "softseal" and spryed it over every wire and join i could find including the HT leads, made a big diff in waterproofing
have a can of wd40 and spray liberally before playing in mud holes
Re: waterproofing
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:22 pm
by zuknut
It already has a snorkle, done the silicon and sheild,
where would I buy the softseal from? I already have CRC but is wd40 better? Cheers
Re: waterproofing
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:42 pm
by meatc
Electrical grease. Unplug the plugs put grease in and reconnect.
Re: waterproofing
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:16 pm
by juz
Anybody used that poo tape? real sticky brown tape, auto sparkys use it on the loaders/trucks at work Seals out dirt and water mint.just an idea.
Re: waterproofing
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:15 am
by lneil
Agree, snorkel is the No.1 must do.
Softseal is magic, and I also tend to use silicone spray as a pre-trip treatment, rather than WD40 or CRC. I think it repels water better, but always carry WD40 for displacing water if it does get in (and it always seems to after a while!!)
Re: waterproofing
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:15 pm
by chevrolux
good to a trade store that do electrical stuff like Mastertrade, Stewarts, etc. Look for 'Cable glide'. its a silicone based spray that is quite hard to wash off in water. Just spray it every where before a day out and no troubles.
Re: waterproofing
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:16 pm
by rangimotors
meatc wrote:Electrical grease. Unplug the plugs put grease in and reconnect.
agreed, however! make sure you do one plug at a time and start it each time. When you do 35 odd connections and then the truck doesnt start its a bitch finding out which one has the shit connection
. Its called dielectric greese.
Re: waterproofing
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:40 pm
by zuknut
Thanks guys, will let yaz know how it goes
Re: waterproofing
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:47 pm
by zuknut
Emptied a can of softseal under the hood an all good, had to snatch my brothers hilux out of a couple bogs, good weekend. GO THE MIGHTY SUKS!!
Re: waterproofing
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:12 am
by zukmeista
Yeah, always good to pull pootrols and toymotas out