Drain and refill the differential. They are vented and water can get in.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris DeCrease" <chrisnlisa00@charter.net>
To: "DML" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:47 PM
Subject: DML: WATER (lots of it)(long, but I need advise on this)
> 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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