what do i have to do to mud prep my truck?

[06RangerXLT]

so i dont know too much about vents on the transmission and rear end, but i dont want em full of mud. any word on how to prep my truck for headlight deep mud safely?

 

[-Nathan-]

tranny vents through the shifter.

rear axle vents through a tube, look for it youll see it. If your going deep mud, lengthen the tube, up to the rear tail light assembly or somewhere.

I would be more worried about the air intake for your motor, if it sucks water you will hydrolock it and will be in need of a NEW motor.

everything else should be ok.

 

[Sunk]

A front axle.

 

[Bennybooster]

A front axle.

lol

 

[06RangerXLT]

A front axle.

2WD FTW. and my buddy in his lifted ram 2500 supercab long box with 35's

ok sounds easy enough. im more or less looking to see what i can do with my truck. ive yet to get it stuck. as for air intake, im trying to figure that one out now. i cant cut holes, gota work with what i got.

 

[Jason]

You must mean muddy water. Actual mud would swallow your truck by the time you hit the rockers. Pay attention to the air intake and maybe use the writeup in the tech section about relocating it to the cowl.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

If your going headlight deep in mud the biggest prep will be getting a dozer there to push you into it and through it. Now if it just brown colored water and you go that deep you WILL be buying and engine, I would place my concern on not hydro locking it. An engine is an awsome water pump... for about 1 second.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

If its soupy mud (which I would assume thats what would be most common?) I would raise the vents and then put screen cap things on them just because.

Then I would also put a snorkle on it to raise where the air intake is.

And probably the best thing you could do is to make skid plates for the frame and front so that the whole truck will act more like a sled then a mud catcher with some knobby tires sliding it over the mud.

 

[Toms01PSD]

I forsee the OP making a thread in the "Want to Buy" section for a new 4.0.

 

[06RangerXLT]

I forsee the OP making a thread in the "Want to Buy" section for a new 4.0.

not a chance! ill just dry it out and clean it off and take it to ford and tell em it quit one day.

 

[Rangered06]

An engine is an awsome water pump... for about 1 second.

 

[-Nathan-]

not a chance! ill just dry it out and clean it off and take it to ford and tell em it quit one day.

until they take out a spark plug and water comes spewing out at them. I dont think you realize how much a hydrolocked motor would suck.....

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

2wd?

Front and rear towpoints, good ones.

Let the dodge lead and use him for a depth gauge. If it gets so deep on him, don't follow.

 

[06RangerXLT]

2wd?

Front and rear towpoints, good ones.

Let the dodge lead and use him for a depth gauge. If it gets so deep on him, don't follow.

thats what i was thinking. just have a tow strap from him to me and if its too deep just plug my intake and exhaust, shut it off, and let him pull me through it. the trail is a one lane through the woods.

also for if it sucks water, the first thing id do is pull the plugs and dry it out.

 

[Jason]

thats what i was thinking. just have a tow strap from him to me and if its too deep just plug my intake and exhaust, shut it off, and let him pull me through it. the trail is a one lane through the woods.

also for if it sucks water, the first thing id do is pull the plugs and dry it out.

Or relocate the intake. It's not hard and it won't lead you to committing fraud.