You could also use uncooked rice like they do with cell phones that have gotten wet and salt shakers in high humidity locales.
Sheeps Bridge water crossing 1.3.2014
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More water crossing video at the 1st post
So this was the more shallow route I assume. Nice video
Yes - triple thanks for the videos. Nice to see a place stretching limits done successfully. A place I'll probably not visit since I'm pretty certain my FJC's 28" water fording limit would be exceeded to the point of fail. It's about bottom of headlight ring ... 2/3's a tire ...
FJ’s water fording limit http://www.toyota.com/fjcruiser/#!/features:
Have the confidence to cross a creek, and the clearance to back it up. FJ’s elevated air intake and protected electrical components can defy currents up to 28 inches deep, helping you cross safely to dry land. 7
FJ’s water fording limit http://www.toyota.com/fjcruiser/#!/features:
Have the confidence to cross a creek, and the clearance to back it up. FJ’s elevated air intake and protected electrical components can defy currents up to 28 inches deep, helping you cross safely to dry land. 7
I have a cracked headlight lens that occasionally permits water to get in during rains or at the car wash. I just keep the head lights on whenever driving and it usually is all dry within a day or two. John
you can get to Sheeps Bridge without having to ford water - just sayin'
take FR269 off of Seven Springs Road (FR24) - it's a neat place to visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/tonto/null/recarea/?recid=35219&actid=34
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You dont need to forge any water the way I went to get there right now either and its a lot shorter and quicker, 100 minutes from my crib. Crossing in the video is an option.
Water in the headlights update - I try a few different method to remove the moister from the light with poor results. Ended up removing the blinkers and pouring out a couple ounces from each one
I remove the lamps from the headlights and first tried a ducting a hair dryer into the headlamp with not results. Blowing compressed air removed most of it but water spots remain on the inside of the glass
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Water in the headlights update - I try a few different method to remove the moister from the light with poor results. Ended up removing the blinkers and pouring out a couple ounces from each one
I remove the lamps from the headlights and first tried a ducting a hair dryer into the headlamp with not results. Blowing compressed air removed most of it but water spots remain on the inside of the glass IH8water crossings
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Crystal Cat Litter - $10 buys enough to desiccate a cow. In a small cloth pouch will dry anything pretty quickly. Also - doesn't require forced air that splatters liquids everywhere.
Might try using some distilled water to try cleaning the lens and reflector, suck out what you can using a brake pump and lint free cloth, then drop a cloth bag (knicked dress sock or nylons) of dusted kitty litter into the headlight, tape it shut for a day. Then pull the sock out ... and all the water with it.
At least in theory that should work. And probably worth trying before replacing a $250 lens assembly.
Might try using some distilled water to try cleaning the lens and reflector, suck out what you can using a brake pump and lint free cloth, then drop a cloth bag (knicked dress sock or nylons) of dusted kitty litter into the headlight, tape it shut for a day. Then pull the sock out ... and all the water with it.
At least in theory that should work. And probably worth trying before replacing a $250 lens assembly.
Puzzled by the issues here. That depth was not excessive at all. I've been in the 80 and 100 many times with water above the wipers and swells over the roofline. Sometimes for minutes on end in the Gila River. The 80 would sputter some here and there until it dried out. The 100 never let water inside and never misfired. It was under to the mid windshield for 3-4 minutes with swells crashing over the roof when holes were discovered in-river. As a passenger it was horrifying.
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I dont think so because that would not be a very smart thing to do but then again.
