Toyota river crossing

[Fred]

Just found this You tube clip and it made me laugh.   It looked like the car wanted to go deep sea diving.

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/General-Discussion/Chat/Faark-you-Jack-Im-alright/

[Indygenerallee]

No Video.... 

[Fred]

Thanks mate.............There is now 

[Indygenerallee]

  What a tard!!! lucky he got it back on the trail 

[charger Downunder]

Wow

[Fred]

That's good Aussie stuff isn't it? 

We're a special breed..................we can get out of any situation. (sometimes)   

[myk]

How the frak did they pull that off?!  Were they trying to do that?!

[Fred]

I'm guessing they didn't realise quite how deep it was. What I'm wondering is,  did the second 4WD go through too.

[myk]

But.....how did the car stay running?!

[Fred]

Did you notice the snorkel? That's the air intake and would keep the motor running even when submerged in water. That's my theory.

[Bob T]

Looked like it was going pear shaped until he juuuuuust got traction..

Hey Fred, do you remember Keith Adams and Northern Safari, with his Wife and dog in his old Buick going around Australia? I saw it about 35 years ago, it made quite an impression and that clip of yours jogged my memory

http://northernsafari.com/dvd.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoNwjPDG6cg

Just watched it again , ahh , what a hard nut , see the size of that croc 

[ChargerST]

Those Landcruisers are tough vehicles! When you're in OZ you'll see markers on low lying sections of the road telling you the water depth if the road becomes flooded. Deepest ford I went through with my Landcruiser was 3 feet of water.

Americans can be the same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTSKCN0LvkY

[myk]

Did you notice the snorkel? That's the air intake and would keep the motor running even when submerged in water. That's my theory.

Yeah I've seen plenty of trucks with snorkels, but I would have imagined that these trucks are designed to ford depths not much taller than their tires.  What about the electrical systems?  No snorkel is going to save those items...

[ChargerST]

No worries about the electrical system - it still works when the whole engine bay is submerged. Don't know how it works but as I said before 3 feet of water in a 30 yard ford didn't harm my Landcruiser.

[Indygenerallee]

I have seen some guys actually run a plastic box around the distributor so the distributor is basically water proof but most imports have ran distributorless ignitions since the mid to late 90's now so with that system you really only have to worry about air intake. And most pack the electrical connectors with grease.

[RallyeMike]

Legendary. He was lucky as hell not to have lost it.

[Chryco Psycho]

I did a crossing like that in my Power Wagon , it fried the charging system , the water was over the hood

[myk]

Yeah see!  Lol...

[67440chrg]

Looks like fun.  I would bet if they would have opened a door and let water in earlier it may not have floated off the road. When I was young we went fishing where the water came up and we had to cross deep water to get back out. It was deep enough the fan of the /6 pick up started choping water so my uncle removed the fan belt long enough to get out then put it back on after crossing.

[Fred]

No worries about the electrical system - it still works when the whole engine bay is submerged. Don't know how it works but as I said before 3 feet of water in a 30 yard ford didn't harm my Landcruiser.

And that's as it should be right................otherwise the snorkel would be superfluous. 
Although I do know a few people that have bought it purely as an accessory...........go figure!

[Fred]

I did a crossing like that in my Power Wagon , it fried the charging system , the water was over the hood

Sounds to me like maybe you could have done with a snorkel (instead of the wagon) 

[myk]

So how does the landcruiser's charging/electrical system not get killed by the water? 

[aussiemuscle]

that truly is a Toyboata.

[Fred]

Looked like it was going pear shaped until he juuuuuust got traction..

Hey Fred, do you remember Keith Adams and Northern Safari, with his Wife and dog in his old Buick going around Australia? I saw it about 35 years ago, it made quite an impression and that clip of yours jogged my memory
Before my time  .............Seriously, only vaguely.
I do remember the Leyland's though and good old Malcolm Douglas (who managed to do himself in, in his own backyard so to speak)

http://northernsafari.com/dvd.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoNwjPDG6cg
Just watched it again , ahh , what a hard nut , see the size of that croc 
 3 meters around the girth! Hard to fathom just by looking at it. Only 100 years old............had his life cut short at a young age!  

[Fred]

So how does the landcruiser's charging/electrical system not get killed by the water? 

Come on Myk, it's called modern technology! It's constantly being improved. If these 4WD's are made for going cross country and fording rivers etc. then they're obviously built to suit that purpose.  Are you with me ? 

[XS29LA47V21]

 

Had not been around much crawling until the last 5yrs or so with a couple friends into that side of 4x4s, a built specific platform like the rigs rigged for water.  Last yr for the first time I went with a buddy 2011 BMR and was shown the light of what can be built and done.  These photos do not do any justice frankly, but here is a couple.  This event had some 1000-1500 4x4 floating around a state park during the wkend, lots of fun and cool to be exposed to another friends hobby. 

[Fred]

I watch these shows on TV and they realy do do some amazing stuff. 

[myk]

So how does the landcruiser's charging/electrical system not get killed by the water?  

Come on Myk, it's called modern technology! It's constantly being improved. If these 4WD's are made for going cross country and fording rivers etc. then they're obviously built to suit that purpose.  Are you with me ?  

I guess I'm too used to seeing uber-rich types in their super-posh Range Rovers and Porsche Cayennes that "claim" to be able to accomplish off-road feats, but the only incline they ever see is going up their mansion driveway.  I honestly didn't know that these vehicles could actually accomplish those things.  For example, I know that if I drive any one of my cars through, let's say a few inches of water I'm looking at a stall-out for sure.  At the very least I thought a vehicle had to be extensively 'modded to combat the elements like that Toyboata did.  

[Fred]

You are so right there Myk...........I sure as hell wouldn't attempt a river crossing in a porsche suv or the likes. We have them here to. All being driven by the rich brigade and totally unecessary for the little suburban driving they do. They never go off road but then again you wouldn't want to in one of them because you're bound to get stuck sooner rather than later. It's like heading into the outback in a golf buggy.
We call them Toorak Tractors here because there is a very wealthy suburb here called Toorak and that's where they first started popping up.
If you're going to go 4WDriving you need a Toyota or a Hummer. ........made for rough terrain.

[myk]

Lol, wow that is SO cool, that these vehicles were built FROM THE FACTORY to do that sort of stuff.  Asides from Landcruisers, what other "common" every-person vehicles were built to withstand that sort of activity? 

[ChargerST]

Lol, wow that is SO cool, that these vehicles were built FROM THE FACTORY to do that sort of stuff.  Asides from Landcruisers, what other "common" every-person vehicles were built to withstand that sort of activity? 

Nissan Patrol, Mercedes G-class (at least the Army versions), Landrover Defender...

[Kern Dog]

There was one sent to me by a buddy. It had a Suzuki Samauri with a snorkel on it. THAT rig was under water to the middle of the windows, tooling around a lake or pond. It just bubbled along and pulled out of the water just fine. Amazing! I have wondered about the crankcase! I'm sure that it was sealed somehow, but I'd really like to see if they are 100% leakproof. Who wants their oil diluted with water?
Also, the matter of the belt driven fan: I'd think that it would really be bogged down trying to move water instead of air. All the electronics on newer cars are intended to be weatherproof, but I'm not sure that they are tested UNDER water instead of just with water sprayed against them. These videos are fun to watch though.
Once I tried to cross a stream in a beat up 73 Duster. It stalled halfway through. I pulled all 8 plugs and spun the mill over. It spit water out almost every hole! After letting it sit a few minutes, I put the plugs back in and drove it out. Zero damage!