Had a massive flash flood here last night, had to rescue a friend before the waters got deep and on the way home the bayous and levees overflowed. Long story short, the X proved a hell of a lot tougher than I thought - had to crawl out the window and hang off the hood to flip the hubs in, was spinning the rear wheels against the current and massive amount of water. I am absolutely amazed that the door seals held and no water leaked inside, considering water was over the tires, and it's on a 4" and 35's. Fog and running light bulbs disintegrated, and the headlights have water sloshing around in them which I figured would happen. Not that big of a deal, just a PITA having to pull all the housings and bake them open for cleaning and re-sealing yet again.

Trying to get together an overall list of what I should start doing for preventative measures, or things to service or replace.

- anything with a zerk fitting gets greased to an inch of its life
- pull the sensors out of the front hubs and use Clay's fitting to grease the bearings
- pull the hubs off and disassemble, re-grease
- expecting to replace engine pulley's as they start to make noise
- bleed brakes if symptoms arise, however as of today's commute they're still stopping straight, with no pedal squish to indicate water intrustion in the lines.
- I'd say drain and replace the trans fluid, however the new trans is almost done so I'm not worried about it.
- drain, clean, refill the differentials

Anything else y'all can think of?

I was surprise this morning when I popped the hood, there wasn't a drop of water anywhere and zero signs of water making its way up the engine comparment. Air filter and fuse/relay boxes were completely dry. Also saw the water line on the radiator showing how high the water really was, I'm surprised the fan didn't shear or bend a blade.

 

Sounds like a good list to start with. While you are greasing the wheel bearings might be a good time to lube and grease the calipers.

 

I'd consider draining, and re-filling both diffs. Easy for water to get in the vent line if they haven't been extended.

 

Excellent advice so far, I'm guessing that the door seal mod was instrumental in keeping the passenger compartment dry.

 

I'd make sure a bunch of junk didn't get in the cooling stack, and other HXCs.

 

Appreciate the input guys! Looks like I'll be adding ABS sensors, or at least a thorough cleaning and overnight stay in a jar of dessicant packets to the current ones. Light on the dash is going bonkers.

Mark, I'd say that's the only reason the interior stayed dry. If I hadn't done the seal mod... yeesh.

 

Matt, glad to hear the X was more than up to the crisis!
Don't forget the transfer case oil change...

 

And dialectric grease on all the lighting connectors and such.

 

ARB makes a vent that is made for deep water to put on differentials. Might want to add those.

http://store.arbusa.com/ARB-Differen...12-P22783.aspx