Sh|tdamnit!
Well, it finally happened.
Lastnight around 7ish I get a call from a friend who is stuck in his 04 trd taco (2wd) in a nice little water hole/crossing. So i call another friend with an 04 f150 who has most of our straps since he get stuck the most ;-) , and we decide to both roll out there and see what the deal is and get our taco friend out.
My friend with the f150 lives about 8.5 minutes away, whereas im about 20... so he go there alot sooner and was able to extract the tacoma with no probs. So i get there and the tacoma and f150 are just chilling, and then me taco friend decides to charge the hole again, since eveyone is there anyways.... I wasnt in the mood at all for water or mud action, but once i saw my buddy in his taco (WHO NEVER OFFROADS) ready to charge the hole i got amped up and decided to try and shed some more light on the situation (since it was dark). I approach the water crossing from another side and am cruising fine in knee deep water with taller grass and mashed grass/mud bottom and then the NOSE DIVES. As soon as it dipped i hit the brakes and threw it into reverse to try and get out but it was too late.....
Less than a minute later water starts to seep in from the lowest front corners of the doors, black water. It flows in faster on the right since that side sunk 2-3 inches more....i got about six inches in the pass. footwell, it covered half of the front right JBL speaker and a portion od the rear. On the drivers side the water reached the lower tip of the gas pedal and some creaped to the rear, but not as much as the right rear.
So i sat in this hole for about an hour waiting for my friend with a rubicon to come and HOPEFULLY snatch me out. I was skeptical, but not as much as the jeep owner. The terrain he was pulling from was uneven and watery/soft. We tried a slow pull but that got us nowhere, but 2-3 small snatches and i was good to go. My front tires were submerged, totally out of sight and my rear was on fine ground (knee deep water, grass mud).
I dont know how deep the hole was, and dont care too
but its DEEP...
SO we drive to my friends house for the ufc fight (taco and rubi) and i leave the truck running for about 3 rs idling on full blast foot air on 75 degrees to work on drying out the carpet...well after about 3 or so hours i come out and the truck is no longer running, but only making ticking sounds, so im kinda worried. I thought at first i ran out of gas, but rememberd i had about a half tank, and idling for 3-4 hours wont drink all that down.... so im starting to think electrical EEK :nono: It was strange bc even without the key in the ignition the CEL/ AT oil temp were on which was weird....
So I leave it overnight with the windows down for drying out, and wake up in the morning to the abs system making noise , like its trying to work but for what......meanwhile there is NO key in the ignition, this is the truck just sitting, indicator lights still on......
Now we start looking under the carpet/moldings to see where the ecu was or hopefully wasnt and find the source of issues...
So to the damage/ issues:
1) the water was 6+-" deep in the pass. foot well (half way up the jbl speaker), and after taking the trim out down there I saw that there ARE HEAVY PLUGS/connectors down there...disconnect them and water and black mud particles come out. im like well fvck. there were 3-4 and i disconnected them all, shook as much water and shat out as i could and then sprayed wd40 in there to displace the water and push it out, which worked amazingly..
2)the pass speakers were both under considerable water and I didnt expect them to make, but they did! so good there.....
3) THE MAIN ISSUE: CARPET DAMAGE & CLEANSING
Im looking at taking out my seats, front two and rear bottom ATLEAST and removing all the carpet. There are mud particles and water chilling underneath the carpet and padding as we speak which i am not cool with. This is not something ive ever done, never wanted to do and am not looking forward too. I feel like its gonna be hard to get the truck interior, carpet mostly, back in as tight as it was. However, I HAVE NO CHOICE but to take it out and clean the crap out of the floor of the truck AND the carpet itself. I dont know how much a new carpet molding is but im sure it aint cheap (unfortunately).
So I would like to hear from anyone who has dealt with some water on the interior and MOST specifiaclly how the removal of the carpet in a 4th gen goes......
Im sorry for the LONG ASS post, but im kinda scatter brained on this right now and I may have left some stuff out, BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WATER & INTERIORS PLZ help me out.
I have a small wet/dry vac ready and thats about it, I need to get some carpet cleaner. I think im gonna dedicate this whole week to taking care of this. If you read all this I appreciate it, and THANKS to anyone with advice.
pics of the outside waterline and me stuck to come soon.
Ray
Well, it finally happened.
Lastnight around 7ish I get a call from a friend who is stuck in his 04 trd taco (2wd) in a nice little water hole/crossing. So i call another friend with an 04 f150 who has most of our straps since he get stuck the most ;-) , and we decide to both roll out there and see what the deal is and get our taco friend out.
My friend with the f150 lives about 8.5 minutes away, whereas im about 20... so he go there alot sooner and was able to extract the tacoma with no probs. So i get there and the tacoma and f150 are just chilling, and then me taco friend decides to charge the hole again, since eveyone is there anyways.... I wasnt in the mood at all for water or mud action, but once i saw my buddy in his taco (WHO NEVER OFFROADS) ready to charge the hole i got amped up and decided to try and shed some more light on the situation (since it was dark). I approach the water crossing from another side and am cruising fine in knee deep water with taller grass and mashed grass/mud bottom and then the NOSE DIVES. As soon as it dipped i hit the brakes and threw it into reverse to try and get out but it was too late.....
Less than a minute later water starts to seep in from the lowest front corners of the doors, black water. It flows in faster on the right since that side sunk 2-3 inches more....i got about six inches in the pass. footwell, it covered half of the front right JBL speaker and a portion od the rear. On the drivers side the water reached the lower tip of the gas pedal and some creaped to the rear, but not as much as the right rear.
So i sat in this hole for about an hour waiting for my friend with a rubicon to come and HOPEFULLY snatch me out. I was skeptical, but not as much as the jeep owner. The terrain he was pulling from was uneven and watery/soft. We tried a slow pull but that got us nowhere, but 2-3 small snatches and i was good to go. My front tires were submerged, totally out of sight and my rear was on fine ground (knee deep water, grass mud).
I dont know how deep the hole was, and dont care too
but its DEEP...SO we drive to my friends house for the ufc fight (taco and rubi) and i leave the truck running for about 3 rs idling on full blast foot air on 75 degrees to work on drying out the carpet...well after about 3 or so hours i come out and the truck is no longer running, but only making ticking sounds, so im kinda worried. I thought at first i ran out of gas, but rememberd i had about a half tank, and idling for 3-4 hours wont drink all that down.... so im starting to think electrical EEK :nono: It was strange bc even without the key in the ignition the CEL/ AT oil temp were on which was weird....
So I leave it overnight with the windows down for drying out, and wake up in the morning to the abs system making noise , like its trying to work but for what......meanwhile there is NO key in the ignition, this is the truck just sitting, indicator lights still on......
Now we start looking under the carpet/moldings to see where the ecu was or hopefully wasnt and find the source of issues...
So to the damage/ issues:
1) the water was 6+-" deep in the pass. foot well (half way up the jbl speaker), and after taking the trim out down there I saw that there ARE HEAVY PLUGS/connectors down there...disconnect them and water and black mud particles come out. im like well fvck. there were 3-4 and i disconnected them all, shook as much water and shat out as i could and then sprayed wd40 in there to displace the water and push it out, which worked amazingly..
2)the pass speakers were both under considerable water and I didnt expect them to make, but they did! so good there.....
3) THE MAIN ISSUE: CARPET DAMAGE & CLEANSING
Im looking at taking out my seats, front two and rear bottom ATLEAST and removing all the carpet. There are mud particles and water chilling underneath the carpet and padding as we speak which i am not cool with. This is not something ive ever done, never wanted to do and am not looking forward too. I feel like its gonna be hard to get the truck interior, carpet mostly, back in as tight as it was. However, I HAVE NO CHOICE but to take it out and clean the crap out of the floor of the truck AND the carpet itself. I dont know how much a new carpet molding is but im sure it aint cheap (unfortunately).
So I would like to hear from anyone who has dealt with some water on the interior and MOST specifiaclly how the removal of the carpet in a 4th gen goes......
Im sorry for the LONG ASS post, but im kinda scatter brained on this right now and I may have left some stuff out, BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WATER & INTERIORS PLZ help me out.
I have a small wet/dry vac ready and thats about it, I need to get some carpet cleaner. I think im gonna dedicate this whole week to taking care of this. If you read all this I appreciate it, and THANKS to anyone with advice.
pics of the outside waterline and me stuck to come soon.
Ray
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