Chris,
If you have an auto tranny, I would probably drain the fluid. It seems to
me that the auto's in our daks have some type of vent hole or something that
will take on water if it's submerged for any length of time. Just a
thought. You might double check with someone else because I'm not sure.
--Aaron--
95 DSRC 4x4 V6
www.geocities.com/adakota4x4_95/
>From: "Chris DeCrease" <chrisnlisa00@charter.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: "DML" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: WATER (lots of it)(long, but I need advise on this)
>Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 02:47:28 -0400
>
>I can barely stand to admit to this. It's 2:20 am, the lady and I just got
>home from a friends house. All day today we've had rain. A lot of it. I get
>to an underpass, one notorious for flooding, and the water looks to be
>about
>a foot and a half deep. Soooo, I go for it. Get in, go through, and on my
>way back out, I see a car coming toward me. I slow down to flag him, and
>guess what? The truck stalls. Won't fire back up. So, I get out, walk about
>30 or so yards to a pay phone. A Z71 Silverado pulls up. He had a small but
>long rope. So, we back him up, tie the rope, and he starts forward before I
>get the E-brake off. Rope breaks. By now the local cops are at both sides
>of
>underpass and have called a wrecker. I say NO WAY! A guy in a diesel Ford
>shows up with a recovery strap and pulls me out. Now, here's the problem.
>By
>the time I got hooked up the ford, the water was all the way up to the
>bottom of the door jamb (sp). Keep in mind that I was on an incline, so the
>water may have reached the collector at the headers, but no further up.I
>really don't think it got past the converter. After we got it out, I took a
>look under the hood and everything was dry(open element filter, Whew!!).
>Started the truck, it stumbled for about 20 minutes, stalled a couple
>times.
>So, I fire it back up, and drive away. On my way home, the truck ran good
>and idles now and runs now with no problems. Is there anything I should
>check out?? Be worried about?? What would you do??TIA
>
>Chris DeCrease(still wet!)
>97 V6 Sport 4x4(mine)(it's wet too)
>2000 Pontiac TA(wife's)
>2001 Suzuki GSX-R 600 (on the way)(defiantly mine!)
>www.angelfire.com/extreme2/chrisnlisa00
>
>
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