I have been reading this forum since I got my FJ back in October. Just put on the OME 3" med lift and GY 285/70R17 MTR/s. Looks great performs even better. Finally decided to give off roading a try this weekend and thru beginners "luck" found myself in 24" plus of water mixed with beautiful Texas clay/mud. With the lift and tires I am glad to say that after 10mins I was finally able to break free and get out. So heres my question, the water forging depth is stated as 27.5", even with and extra 4" of lift water still got into the pax compartment (since the forging depth is quite a bit higher than the bottom of the door which did not seal out the water). Has anyone experienced this and how did you get all the water under the floor out? I thought it was just rubber only to find that it was insulated as well and now soaked. Called Toyota but they says that the forging depth only protects the engine not the interior. Seems like they forgot to add drain plugs. Thanks.
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I would remove the seats and the interior rubber "carpet", rinse the "carpet" clean, and let it air dry, pull out a drain plug (I assume there will be one ) and rinse the metal floor, but I haven't had to do anything like that yet.
Gwagg
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Seats and door sills come out easy and then you will be able to work on the floor mat. Ditto above for the pulling it all out and air drying.
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Well turns out Toyota did install a few drain plugs but found them too late. Pulled the entire interior which was fairly easy but not sure how long it will take for the jute to air dry. Thanks for the advise. Now I just have to get it back together 
Do you have to remove the rubber floor in order to use the drain plugs ?
Gwagg
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Might be a new mod a brewing... Find the lowest point in the pan and install a drain plug that can be opened from underneath.
Finding a drain plug to remove, won't be hard, it's getting all the jute backing dried, and all the stinky mud cleaned out. A simple drain plug won't do the trick.
spaldam
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Didn't Toyota do a demonstration where they took a fire hose to an FJC? A salesman at a local dealer told me about it once, but I never saw anything to prove it actually happened.
I've sprayed my interior out with a pressure washer a few times now, and it dries up fine within the day. The real problem is going to be the mud and other junk floating in the river. If you plan on doing it a lot, I'd just remove padding and put in some sound dampening material that's water proof.
I've sprayed my interior out with a pressure washer a few times now, and it dries up fine within the day. The real problem is going to be the mud and other junk floating in the river. If you plan on doing it a lot, I'd just remove padding and put in some sound dampening material that's water proof.
Sitting still in that water for 10 minutes.....it would have come inside my 80-series for sure. Not sure about my 100 but still a maybe. I don't think you can fault Toyota in this case. Hope your FJ is OK.
I recommend doing a diff breather mod also so that you dont' contaminate the diff fluid (which has happened to many) I will set up a link to the modification when I get a second to do soo. I have cleaned out the interior with a hose a couple times now with no problems so I really dont know what to do!!!
My vehicle drained just fine while they were still in, but again I live in Tucson and the humidity is usually so low you can put on wet clothes and have them dry in less than 5 mins
Here you go Scuba drivers!!! $30 and helps prevent a whole lot more!!!
http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/foru...ba-driver-rear-differential-breather-mod.html
http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/foru...ba-driver-rear-differential-breather-mod.html
Bilge pumps anyone??? 
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Well took out the interior as recommended, hosed out the inside and washed the jute on the rubber flooring. After 4 days of air drying and passing the smell test I re-installed the flooring and all is good (so far). There are many drain plugs in the floor but they do not drain all the water. I believe that if you just hose it out and don't let the water soak in you will be fine. My problem seems to have been that I was submerged in the water long enough for the jute to soak it all in.