How could you possibly run a breather for the transfer case? Mine (Marlin Crawler) breathes from the shifter holes. I assume the 5 speed trannies do too.

 

is that a new way to go fishing----scoop fishing lol

 

I live pretty close to you guys in Estero. We have been going out to East Bonita a lot lately and have done some climbing and what not. We should all get together. Saturday nights we all meet up and have a campfire and do some trail riding.

 

Here is a pic of the boot

 

That would super cool...there are some super trails behind there...send me a privatee message and we can go any weekend...thanks

 

Mine ..(stock V6) has a blanked off breather on the rt side..I sealed off the transfer case shifter boot and ran a hose from the vent to the engine bay.

 

sweet. I found one for a 22re on ebay. Is it soft rubber?

obviously it keeps the h2o out yeah?

Thanks for the pic.

Mike

 

Yes it is soft rubber and keeps the splashes from the fan off the distributor..You still have to put some Dielectric grease on the ends of the wires and ensure there is a good seal on the Cap.

 

Any body with some water crossing pics..lets see them.

 

don't forget to repack your wheel bearings more often!

also your engine pulleys might wear out prematurely. i had my a/c idler pulley seize up on me due to too many muddy water crossings. the idler pulley sits the lowest to the ground and when it seized, the belt popped and knocked the rest of my belts off. fun times cobbling it back together to get off the trail

 

Are you running an ARB snorkel? Did you install yourself, or have someone else install? How much does one run?

 

i say screw that no water for me...we alomost got stuck about mid door deep on the rubicon and it was one of the scariest things ever... its just not good for your rig count me out of it lol

 

Yes its an ARB Safari Snorkel...Easy install...You just need a rotary cutter to cut a hole in the fender...It comes with a template...approx on hour job.

 

Just be carefull where you drive...You have to walk the water first. The wheels must have traction. If there is deep mud under there you will be screwed. With traction the vehicle will keep moving forward and stay dry inside.

 

I changed pulley once..replaced wheel bearings after 15000miles. No other problems so far.

 

We got my brothers 4.0L Wrangler stuck down to the top of the doors in what we thought was a small mud puddle, turned out to be a clay pit. Took a John Deere 90-series tractor to get him out. Started up and drove it away. I think he is still driving it.

 

Just replaced rear wheel bearings...after 2 years. My Mistake.. I had removed the bearing seal while instaling and packed too much grease..the seals popped off and all the crap got in and destroyed them.I usually get about 5 years out of them going in the water now and then.

 

can you make one?? a snorkell that is cause im broke and i drove mu runner though 4 feet of water and she did fine so i wanna try even deep now how about pvc pipe?? and help would be great

 

sweet pics. some subaru water crossing pics/vids for you guys.

first, my buddies impreza with forester suspension and a custom PVC snorkel:


and then it bobbed to the surface (that's right....it's floating):


and video:
http://usmb.net/albums/album216/imprezamuddunk.mov

and my wagon....same park. no snorkel, you can't tell in the video, but my air filter is dry (dirty from age....but dry). my distributor (more specifically, the Crank angle Sensor in the bottom of it) was flooded:
http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos..._Chuxwagon.wmv

and my beater wagon. not that deep...but a sweet pic...



hopefully this year we'll have some sweet Toyota water crossing pics!!

 

If you're broke I suggest you take care of your engine and don't dunk it in muddy water.