CDL Not Engaging

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Has anybody have touble engaging the center diff lock after a fairly deep water crossing (light did not come on). I am not sure if the water crossing had anything to do with it but the CDL would not engage the rest of the evening. It did engage in the morning.

Thanks
 
Since it's push button engagement for the CDL, I would take a random guess that some of the contacts on the solenoid/motor that actually engages the CDL mechanism in the tcase is getting wet. I'm not sure what the actual mechanism is for the CDL engagement, maybe someone with an FSM could chime in.

Was the water deep enough to splash up and around the tcase? If ample deep water is still around, try it again and see if you can lightswitch the failure to the water. If this is the case, crawl under there (with a FSM as a guide) and find the CDL locking mechanism and its associated wiring loom. See if any contacts are exposed. Perhaps some rubber insulation is worn on the wiring. You could try replacing that or adding dielectric grease to the contacts.
 
The T case was completely submerged. At the time I was under the pressure of finding a camp site so I was not under the mind set of experimenting. I was just worried if the CDL would engage for the next water crossing.

What you suggest make sense. I just need to find a place to test it. So AZ is pretty dry.
 
sure doesn't look like 3' in the video...
is it like fishing where we always get 3' fishes...? :D
 
If I measured my Johnson using your tape measure it would be about 12-18".
 
I know the video is somewhat grainy (was that sasquatch?), but you can see in the first few frames that the water was at the height of his driver side headlight.

Now I know there are very few 100's on 35's and maybe one or two people on this forum that have seen Dorons truck. It is probably three feet just to the top of his bumper, let alone the lights. It is all perspective...

And of course the depth is an estimate. I did not get out in the middle of the river with a measuring stick.

So your fish stories are all wet :)


John,

The video was taken from Batopilas Canyon Mexico, of the Batopilas river crossing in the Sierra Madre Occidental, a few hundred miles north of the Tropic of Cancer. Batopilas canyon is within 30 meters of the depth of the Grand Canyon
 
expeditionswest said:
I know the video is somewhat grainy (was that sasquatch?), but you can see in the first few frames that the water was at the height of his driver side headlight.

Now I know there are very few 100's on 35's and maybe one or two people on this forum that have seen Dorons truck. It is probably three feet just to the top of his bumper, let alone the lights. It is all perspective...

And of course the depth is an estimate. I did not get out in the middle of the river with a measuring stick.

So your fish stories are all wet :)


John,

The video was taken from Batopilas Canyon Mexico, of the Batopilas river crossing in the Sierra Madre Occidental, a few hundred miles north of the Tropic of Cancer. Batopilas canyon is within 30 meters of the depth of the Grand Canyon
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Ahhh, than one. Yes, I've seen that. I still can't access your site. You must have me blocked out. :)
 
cruiser99 said:
Measured last night. 34" to the top of the front bumper.

Just thought you might like to know...
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Like he said- no where near 3 feet.
 
hank14 said:
Like he said- no where near 3 feet.
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Hank14,

since when is 34" no where near three feet. I hope you dont make rockets, or work on public transportation :)

Are you just trying to antagonize me? If so, then it is cool, funny, whatever. :)

If you are being serious, then you need to read the post again. If the top of his bumper (not the brush guard) is 34" and the water was half way up the headlights (which is higher then the bumper) then that would make the water over three feet deep in front of the bumper. (I am sure you know that 36" is three feet).

34" (top of bumper)
+
~3" (water was to the middle of headlight)
= 37" or just over 3' deep

Again, please take this in context. I did not stand in the middle of the river and measure the water depth. It was just an estimate, used to help those reading the post aid Doron in troubleshooting his CDL failure.
 
Sorry. I was totally kidding. I'd have kept on driving through as well.
 
hank14 said:
Sorry. I was totally kidding. I'd have kept on driving through as well.
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No problem amigo. I figured you were joking around :)

With these forums it can be so hard to know where people are coming from in their posts.

Anyway, the water was deep, and we had to cross it two more times before we got back on the trail. They were having a huge party for the new governor there and everyone was sent down the river to get around. Some people just had to stay there until the party was done.

Batopilas is a very small colonial era town that has one lane cobblestone streets, so when the party started in the town square, all through traffic stopped!

Since I have totally pulled this post off-topic (sorry Doron), here is another video of the UZJ crossing the Rio Urique. I think it was 8 feet deep or something... ;)

http://www.expeditionswest.com/adventures/2004/sierra_madre/urique_river_crossing.wmv

Urique Canyon is also within the Sierra Madre range, but it is the deepest of all of the canyons. It is also the deepest canyon in all of North America...
 
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