JWaldz
Moderator
Well, it only takes a split second for something to go wrong and to realize you've made a bad decision. In my case, I wasn't using my head and I made a bad judgement call. The good thing however, is that we learn from these mistakes and gain more knowledge of these situations . Luckily, no one was hurt and the runner, after some TLC, is going to make it just fine. On to the story!
A few of us got together for a day trip through a national forest here in Arkansas. We were about 9 miles from the end of the trip and crossing one of the last creek beds. Off to the right was a deeper part of the creek but I made a bad decision of not checking it myself. After edging into the water, my passenger side was angled down further into the water than the driver side. The loose rocks below however kept causing me to slide further down. Being how loose it was and the angle I was at it was too late to back up. I was not able to move fast enough so water eventually rushed into the exhaust, clogging the muffler, and killing the air flow, causing the truck to die. After the excruciating fearfulness of seeing my rig take water, the guys hurriedly began the recovery process and pulled me out. Luckily my deckplate was in and what little water that did come into the intake got trapped in the intake silencer. After sitting (and draining) for about 45 min. we tried starting it up. Coincidentally, the starter was done for. It has been on the fritz for a while and happened to die completely. So I was towed back to pavement (about 9 miles) to begin the starter removal process while a couple others went all the way back to my house to get my other starter. BTW, 2" body lift makes for a lot easier removal/installation. After replacing the starter we tried cranking it over and it wouldn't start. Then about an hour and half later of diagnosing and making calls we found that the muffler was still so full of water it wouldn't allow air through. We removed the exhaust, leaving the cat, gave it a couple cranks and finally started. Now it sounds like a shitty v8 lol.
I'm currently in the drying stages after spending all Sunday morning and early afternoon cleaning and wet vacuuming the carpets. I hope to get most of the the interior back together this evening. Then tomorrow get some exhaust work done, oil change, drain diffs, seafoam, and whatever else. By the end of the week, I hope she's back to normal. Now, what you've all been waiting for....
Time for new tails lights..
A few of us got together for a day trip through a national forest here in Arkansas. We were about 9 miles from the end of the trip and crossing one of the last creek beds. Off to the right was a deeper part of the creek but I made a bad decision of not checking it myself. After edging into the water, my passenger side was angled down further into the water than the driver side. The loose rocks below however kept causing me to slide further down. Being how loose it was and the angle I was at it was too late to back up. I was not able to move fast enough so water eventually rushed into the exhaust, clogging the muffler, and killing the air flow, causing the truck to die. After the excruciating fearfulness of seeing my rig take water, the guys hurriedly began the recovery process and pulled me out. Luckily my deckplate was in and what little water that did come into the intake got trapped in the intake silencer. After sitting (and draining) for about 45 min. we tried starting it up. Coincidentally, the starter was done for. It has been on the fritz for a while and happened to die completely. So I was towed back to pavement (about 9 miles) to begin the starter removal process while a couple others went all the way back to my house to get my other starter. BTW, 2" body lift makes for a lot easier removal/installation. After replacing the starter we tried cranking it over and it wouldn't start. Then about an hour and half later of diagnosing and making calls we found that the muffler was still so full of water it wouldn't allow air through. We removed the exhaust, leaving the cat, gave it a couple cranks and finally started. Now it sounds like a shitty v8 lol.
I'm currently in the drying stages after spending all Sunday morning and early afternoon cleaning and wet vacuuming the carpets. I hope to get most of the the interior back together this evening. Then tomorrow get some exhaust work done, oil change, drain diffs, seafoam, and whatever else. By the end of the week, I hope she's back to normal. Now, what you've all been waiting for....
Time for new tails lights..
