trax said:

depends on the emergency for wading depth doesn't it?

if it was a volcano erupting behind me and I had to try and wade through 6 ft waters, then I'd attempt it

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IamRobbie said:

Would you go down with your landy like a captain with his ship or would you get out and swim?... lol

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goonarmy said:

The wading depth is the wading depth. You might get away with deeper 9 times out of ten but the tenth time you might blow the engine block apart. I did. stoopid Bastid!!!!!

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The Mad Hat Man said:

edited for the sake of accuracy .

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goonarmy said:

The wading depth is the wading depth. You might get away with deeper 9 times out of ten but the tenth time you might blow the engine block apart. I did. Bastid!!!!!

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neilly said:

Just as a matter of interest,

has anyone ever seen anything written down about how the Royal Marines set their Landies up for deep wading?

Cheers

Neil

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flat said:

not written down but i saw an RM wader at withams when i went, well part of one, and i have seen another privately owned.

long snorkel and breathers, dash is a compeltely different unit with all the instruments in waterproof housings and connected in with large water proof connectors. escape hatch on the cab roof. not sure about under the bonnet re: alternator etc as i didnt look

here is the kit
WPG9404 - Kit Water Proofing - (90 /110) - WPG9404


photos here
Wolf Snorkels - Military Forum - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum

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neilly said:

Just as a matter of interest,

has anyone ever seen anything written down about how the Royal Marines set their Landies up for deep wading?

Cheers

Neil

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trax said:

doesn't look like the right kit to me

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flat said:

the snorkel is the 2.5na one that goes in the heater intake vent. i dont know if its a complete kit and for 400 sheets am not about to buy it, certainly there are some dash component there.

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trax said:

haha yeah for 400 i'd pass anyway. i was thinking more of the 300tdi's? like these

Marine Deep Wading Defenders

they do look nice :>

edit: yup like those in grimmers vid

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