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UK Wading series landrover

Chimaera501

Chimaera501

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Been going off roading more recently and there has been a lot of water on the roads and tracks and I don’t want to go to deep for fear of getting water in anything. For anyone who has gone wading with a series have you put a wading kit on? What do I have to put breathers on? and is there a kit or do I have to do it myself?
Just any general advice on it. Many thanks
 
There was someone on here a long time back who had driven into deep water with a Series and had, somehow, managed to get water into the engine through the air intake for the carburettor. Ruined the engine.
TBH if you are using a petrol engine Series in deep water the biggest problem I have heard of is the fan throwing water all over the electrics. I think folks who do a lot of wading tend to fit electric so the fan can be switched off when in really deep water.
If it's a diesel Series you don't have the same electrical problems.
 
I used to take my lightweight off road and had no wading kit ..nothing ,had water up to the bonnet and over .more fool me but years ago I didn’t think about things to much …..2.25 petrol .

Ideally breathers on both axles .gearbox ,transfer box ,and mount them high normally up a snorkel if one is fitted ..
im not sure if they do a specific kit for series vehicles..but there are kits available to make your own .
Chimaera501 said:
Been going off roading more recently and there has been a lot of water on the roads and tracks and I don’t want to go to deep for fear of getting water in anything. For anyone who has gone wading with a series have you put a wading kit on? What do I have to put breathers on? and is there a kit or do I have to do it myself?
Just any general advice on it. Many thanks
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As with any vehicle and more so modern vehicles with the air intake low down .. sucking water into the inlet manifold .. yes you can put a pipe extended up above the water level you wish to go through.. but water at a certain depth will turn your vehicle into a boat..and you will be floating and lose all traction and control...as for axle breathers and gearbox .. well thats a completley different thing again
 
madmechanic 954 said:
As with any vehicle and more so modern vehicles with the air intake low down .. sucking water into the inlet manifold .. yes you can put a pipe extended up above the water level you wish to go through.. but water at a certain depth will turn your vehicle into a boat..and you will be floating and lose all traction and control...as for axle breathers and gearbox .. well thats a completley different thing again
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That was one of the things that they actually got right with the Champ.
There were substantial piercings in the passenger compartment floor with slatted wooden duckboards just above them.
As you drove into deep water, the vehicle filled up with water fairy quickly and so didn't tend to float and loose traction or get swept away by the current.
Not very comfortable for the occupants though, but no doubt Squaddies were tougher back in the '50's.
Those piercings also must have created a lovely freezing draught, right up your trouser legs in the winter
 
Stu67 said:
I bought a wading kit off the internet once, it was a rubber glove and some cable ties for the dizzy, and another glove for the coil!!
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Yep - standard wading kit for rally minis in the 70s :) - why oh why did they design it with the dizzy on the front of the engine behind the grill with the coil mounted on the bell housing next to it.
 
For me (stock petrol 2.25) I fitted axle breather extensions: the brass barbed hose ends are a few quid and some 6mm rubber hose going up to a higher place (for my 109, top of the front bulkhead and inside the rear tool locker). As other said, plus an electric fan that I sometimes even remember to switch off when in deep water!

I'm now happy up to headlamp depth (about 2'6"), next job is to find a way to properly seal my lenses.
 
James609 said:
For me (stock petrol 2.25) I fitted axle breather extensions: the brass barbed hose ends are a few quid and some 6mm rubber hose going up to a higher place (for my 109, top of the front bulkhead and inside the rear tool locker). As other said, plus an electric fan that I sometimes even remember to switch off when in deep water!

I'm now happy up to headlamp depth (about 2'6"), next job is to find a way to properly seal my lenses.
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Can you please send pictures and show which brass ends you have please? Would help a ton
 
I've been though water up to about 18" perhaps 2ft deep. I have the oil bath air filter so the intake on that is high up. My problems have been - 1 the brakes take ages to dry and 2 - the clutch gets wet and really bites and judders.
I don't need to go though a flood to go wading in my Series, the roof leaks see to that :lol:
 
So I have put raised the breathers on the axles and gearbox and overdrive. I have a snorkel out on. And Im trying to water proof stuff. I have caked the battery terminals, have put plenty of grease around the coil and distributor.
I’m guessing I have to just grease any electrical ends?
 
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