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Re: engine sealing -
04-23-2007
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"SnoMan" <admin (AT) snoman (DOT) com> wrote in message news:evbp23t94jk05cispapeqkf851q7gheo2m (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:10:53 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" crwlr (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I don't know of any engine that is sealed enough to keep the starter and alternator dry. I submerge these components in my CJ5 on a regular basis, and they work fine. The clock is ticking because each dunk shortens its life. The clock is ticking very slowly. When I was driving my Jeep regularly, mostly offroading, I took it swimming on several occasions and the alternator is still going strong. Your logic is flawed, and you haven't a clue about how to reply to the person that is asking the questions. |
and alternator and mine also goes swimming lots!
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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We hose off our engine bays and under body to get the mud out. We spray the mud out of our alternators and off our batteries, we hose down the 'inside' of our Jeeps, we get together and take apart our starters every couple years to clean the mud out of them, we have to remove our hubs and clean the mud out and repack them sometimes 3 time a season snip |
Then what holds your Jeep together?
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:42:39 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm (AT) sympatico (DOT) ca wrote: I regularly hose out my alternator after mud runs even. Spoken like a tru shade tree mech [balls snipped] |
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I would like to know how the engine compartment is sealed so as to no water in around the starter or Alt.,I know the old army jeeps were like that but forgot how it was done. thanks Frank |
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The big thing to watch for is the lights! Â*You have to cool them off before crossing water or they have a tendency to crack... The alternator might not like being under water for too long, but the starter doesn't care much. Â*I regularly hose out my alternator after mud runs even. |
indicate a failure and stop charging until you get the film of water off
the brushes. Never had any problem from it, but the first time the ALT
light comes on 40 miles from nowhere gets your attention. I figure it's
like wet brakes - they'll dry, but you may suffer temporary inconvenience.
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Mike Romain wrote: The big thing to watch for is the lights! You have to cool them off before crossing water or they have a tendency to crack... The alternator might not like being under water for too long, but the starter doesn't care much. I regularly hose out my alternator after mud runs even. Figure that running the alternator submerged will likely cause it to indicate a failure and stop charging until you get the film of water off the brushes. Never had any problem from it, but the first time the ALT light comes on 40 miles from nowhere gets your attention. I figure it's like wet brakes - they'll dry, but you may suffer temporary inconvenience. That's what the fan blades on the rotor are for, to dry it off. ;^) |
Earle
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Why? Is water a problem? I don't know of any engine that is sealed enough to keep the starter and alternator dry. I submerge these components in my CJ5 on a regular basis, and they work fine. afapowel... (AT) sympatico (DOT) ca> wrote in message news:1177284691.199288.270800 (AT) q75g2000hsh (DOT) googlegroups.com... I would like to know how the engine compartment is sealed so as to no water in around the starter or Alt.,I know the old army jeeps were like that but forgot how it was done. thanks Frank- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
just had a starter yesterday I took apart after a week of usage and it
was loaded with mud and water mind you may not hurt everything but the
solenoid was the biggest problem wouldn't engage due to moisture
gettin in.Put on a new solenoid and was fixed.Are you people maybe
using a diff. kind of solenoid on these things because your average
one isn't goin to stand it.As to the Alt. part of the story the
brushes get hung up
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Jeff Strickland wrote: "SnoMan" <a... (AT) snoman (DOT) com> wrote in message news:evbp23t94jk05cispapeqkf851q7gheo2m (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:10:53 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" c... (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I don't know of any engine that is sealed enough to keep the starter and alternator dry. I submerge these components in my CJ5 on a regular basis, and they work fine. The clock is ticking because each dunk shortens its life. The clock is ticking very slowly. When I was driving my Jeep regularly, mostly offroading, I took it swimming on several occasions and the alternator is still going strong. Your logic is flawed, and you haven't a clue about how to reply to the person that is asking the questions. Yup, real slow. I have passed the 5 year warranty on both my starter and alternator and mine also goes swimming lots! Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
which is Ontario Canada with a clay situation in the mud there is no
way in hell you would get away with what you are doing, the states
has to be alot diff. but come here and try that you won't last
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On Apr 23, 12:27 pm, Mike Romain <roma... (AT) sympatico (DOT) ca> wrote: Jeff Strickland wrote: "SnoMan" <a... (AT) snoman (DOT) com> wrote in message news:evbp23t94jk05cispapeqkf851q7gheo2m (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:10:53 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" c... (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I don't know of any engine that is sealed enough to keep the starter and alternator dry. I submerge these components in my CJ5 on a regular basis, and they work fine. The clock is ticking because each dunk shortens its life. The clock is ticking very slowly. When I was driving my Jeep regularly, mostly offroading, I took it swimming on several occasions and the alternator is still going strong. Your logic is flawed, and you haven't a clue about how to reply to the person that is asking the questions. Yup, real slow. I have passed the 5 year warranty on both my starter and alternator and mine also goes swimming lots! Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - well lets put it this way if you were in this part of the country which is Ontario Canada with a clay situation in the mud there is no way in hell you would get away with what you are doing, the states has to be alot diff. but come here and try that you won't last |
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afapowell28> wrote well lets put it this way if you were in this part of the country which is Ontario Canada with a clay situation in the mud there is no way in hell you would get away with what you are doing, the states has to be alot diff. but come here and try that you won't last Mike is already there. |
in muck (clay and drilling mud) All it needed was to have the
starter hosed off every now and then. The worst thing was the
bell housing packing up with mud.
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DougW
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