hiya guys , first of all apologies for the delay and lack of communication , signal troubles for the last 30 hours have been a problem plus i needed to urgently limp the truck to a friends place where theres no signal and now back home as of 5pm today
here are some pictures , looks bad but think carefully before judging , here is a quick explanation
i didnt plan to go laning originally just realised there was a lane nearby with my friend which was stone so thought if we had trouble we could turn around and go back , i was even in clean clothes , trouble started when i entered the water which was shallow then it suddenly dipped over bonnet height , i managed to power most of the way out the other side before my truck died , due to water ingress in airbox and the ECU , i only had a pair of pliers on me but that was enough to get the pipes apart and pull the filter out , i also stripped the ecu out and took the bolts for the cover out with the pliers and sat it just above the exaust manifold to dry out , the truck restarted after an hour or so and was back driving normally , problem i had then was where could i go?
forwards was too deep and so was back the way i came , id seen there were tracks on the side so put my nose up there to see if i could get past without getting stuck , i decided that wasnt possible and due to thinking of how i was going to get out i made a cock up reversing and dropped a wheel off the bank snapping my front driveshaft in the process
luckilly some kind lads came to my aid and after pulling me off the bank and suppliying some black bags i managed to waterproof the ecu enough , i also had a towel with me so used that as an air filter so water would have a barrier rather than going through my intake straight away , it worked with minimal water ingested and no engine damage
i got back out the way i came
now for the pictures
oh and my vehicle is taxed and the indicator was lost during the water crossing , it was fished out and refitted before limping home
