mudding

matt_stan40 · Post by **matt_stan40** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:43 pm

I have a problem with my truck when i go mudding, my distributor cap gets water inside of it and the truck dies. When that happens i have to get out of my truck into some deep ass puddle or muddy mess and dry out my spark plug wires with a rag. What should i do?

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:53 pm

don't they make a silcone spray for bog racing? if not try some wd40 in the cap before you go mudding.

matt_stan40 · Post by **matt_stan40** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:18 pm

ill try that, but with the silicon spray stuff, is that something ill only have to apply once?

72hiboy4x4 · Post by **72hiboy4x4** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:39 pm

you could get real fancy and do like the professionals do it.
seal the cap to the dizzy, then hook up an air source and pressurize the cap (with like 1-2 psi)
would make tune-ups a pain, but what the hey! its all in playing the game!

another thing you could do is put a flap under the radiator, so when you go into the bog, the flap will deflect most of the water out of the engine bay, keeping it dryer, anyways.

one more thing you could do is swap to an electric fan. just shut off the fan while you are in the bog, then the mechanical fan won't be able to throw water over the engine. And it wont use the water to actually 'pull' the engine fan into the radiator(seen it done!)

68half/step4x4 · Post by **68half/step4x4** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:30 pm

I like Keiths idea with the gloves. We used to run tape around em. WD-40., wouldn't leave home without it. Heep, you can't just stay out of the mud. Against human nature!!

half/step

mrung0wa · Post by **mrung0wa** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:13 am

You can go down to your local FORD agency and if their parts guys are up to snuff they'll be able to hook you up with a cool distributor insulator made from rubber that surrounds the entire cap and a couple of inches of the plug wires with a real snug fit. That will keep all foreign and unwanted substances from the rotor chamber!

Lawrence

mrung0wa · Post by **mrung0wa** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:55 pm

Brother, let me tell you do they ever work!

After I installed one that my bro gave me from work into my Ol' 76 Bronco. I could traverse a good 1 1/2' to 2' of water (You know the really wet stuff!) without any hesitation. All I really had to worry about was getting any H2O into the Carb intake...

Lawrence

460 crew · Post by **460 crew** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:18 pm

Didn't these covers come on a couple yrs of 5.0 Mustangs? Coulda sworn I remember one beeing on one of my X GF moms mustang.

matt_stan40 · Post by **matt_stan40** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:19 pm

hey, i just did the rubber glove idea and i was really surprised at what a good idea it was. the only problem is when i was putting it on i indiscriminately took off spark plug wires and when i went to put the wires back on i found out that the spark plug wires need to go on in a certain order and now i cant start the truck. if anyone has any idea what order the wires go on the distributer cap then please tell me asap.

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