wow! looks like it was fun. too bad i had to work for 2 f***in hours in the middle of the day. completely ruined my sunday. so do we have a new waterboy then? whats the whole story behind the 4Runner boat?

 

No, he didn't get enough water in the cab to become "Waterboy". Jesse continues to hold the title for the most drowned vehicle.

We were wrapping up for the day and Cody (pilot of the swamp beast) was leading us down a trail he knew that was a "shortcut" back to the air up spot. He zigged when he should have zagged and took on a swamp that was bigger than he is. Down he went. I passed him and turned around to winch him out. From there, we pulled his plugs and blew out the water while his passengers bailed out the interior. Then he was on his way again

 

cool that there wasn't much damage. lucky too!

 

Very lucky! i was worried that there would be some damage, i didnt really wanna waste my b-day money on that. But everything is fine, and i'm on my way out the door to go change my fluids. Can I get some tips on changing tranny fluid? thanks

 

Pics are up! (with more coming tomorrow or so)

http://www.midiwall.com/4Runner/dirt...2_Reiters.html

FYI... I talked to a number of folks yesterday about OBD stuff. I put some links at the bottom of that page to units that I have or have used. Feel free to hit me up with questions!

And oh! I have hirez shots of all these. If you see something that you'd like to see better, just lemme know!


Cody... Your tranny fluid should be okay, 'specially since you don't really have any. In the regard that you're thinking, tranny fluid shows up in automatics, not manuals.

I hope they don't gouge you too bad for the fluid swaps... Good luck!

 

As always, awesome pictures.

 

Nice pics and write-up Mark! Tomorrow you'll have pics of you being a "turtle".

I sent you 53 photos so it'll be hard to choose the best ones. I'm sure some will be repeats of Ben's and yours. The lady at the photo shop was impressed by what you guys were doing to your trucks.

 

ummm....thanks?



Really sorry I wasn't able to make this one. At least I didn't say I would be there and cancel my RSVP 9 hours before the event.
Looks like you guys had a great time and got to do a little trail maintence while you were at it.

 

Awesome write up Mark! I can send you some pics of you rig if you like. To where?

Oh, the mirror and damage was done by me not Rob's recovery.

 

Run that by me again? If he's a stick, he has 75w90 or 80w90 in his tranny and it gets wet just like ATF does.

 

I mean, I know there's lube in there, but I thought that the issue of needing to rotate fluids after a dunking only relates to auto's since the fluid plays a much different role.

I plead "Two Early Too Post" in not being clear on what I thought I thunk and what I was trying to say.

 

Send what cha' want to mark@midiwall.com. Thanks!


That does read weird doesn't it? Okay... I changed it!

 

tee-hee...


No probs... I'll group 'em up and post 'em all!


Ahem... that's doing WITH our trucks! This isn't abuse, they LIKE it!

Thanks Shannon!

 

Nope, if it gets submerged, a manual tranny needs changing just like an auto. The lubricant in a manual is the same stuff as you have in your diffs and does the same job, lubrication and cooling. Water doesn't do the lubrication part of that combination very well It's just that you don't have to worry about it screwing with the shifting like it does in an auto.

 

Ahh! okay then... (thank you!)

Hey Cody! Do your tranny!

 

and a little tip, when you go to change the tranny and diffs, make sure you take off the filler plugs FIRST, BEFORE you drain!!!!!

EDIT: should he do the transfer case as well?

 

Yes. We mentioned two diffs, a tranny, a xfer case and the engine oil as all needing a change.

 

Tranny oil is fine, diffs had a little water in them but not bad, i'm gonna change the tranny fluid prolly friday, it should be fine. Other then that everything is running wonderful, once i get the couple hundred pounds of mud off it'll be back to normal.

 

Excellent! I am glad to hear it. That could have been A LOT worse...

Now extend those breathers!