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Waterproofing

Post by w1ldstar » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:28 pm

Hi,

Whats the best method of waterproofing the electrics on my Sammy? has anyone done it?

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Re: Waterproofing

Post by Henry » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:43 pm

You run an ECU in your sammy, which kinds of limits waterproofing im afraid.

You cannot submerge the ecu, it will fail and will be a costly fix :cry:



I think it will be in the dash somewhere, so you carnt go too deep :cry:

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Re: Waterproofing

Post by d86 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:39 pm

just do what i did........ :twisted:

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Re: Waterproofing

Post by w1ldstar » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:20 pm

henry-the-hoover wrote:You run an ECU in your sammy, which kinds of limits waterproofing im afraid.

You cannot submerge the ecu, it will fail and will be a costly fix :cry:



I think it will be in the dash somewhere, so you carnt go too deep :cry:
Uncool! :cry: Yea ive seen it under the dash, May have to move it higher
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Re: Waterproofing

Post by Henry » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:34 pm

Be very careful with it.

Bust that and your up sh1t creek!

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Re: Waterproofing

Post by w1ldstar » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:04 pm

I have a spare but I guess it ain't that easy???
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Re: Waterproofing

Post by Henry » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:33 pm

As long as they are EXACTLY the same then i think they will work.

Not 100% tho, i hate electrics, especially ECU's!

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Re: Waterproofing

Post by carnut » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:51 pm

d86 wrote:just do what i did........ :twisted:

tony :P
Whats that tony!!! open the bonnet,,, does"nt that let the rain in... lol
best way to cover your dizzy is, a rubber marigold, left or right.
just snip the ends to allow the HT leads through, the pull the glove over the dizzy
cap, and seal with electrcal tape..
ecu"s are swopable, i done one on a renault, but i need locks, transponder etc.
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Re: Waterproofing

Post by d86 » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:45 pm

dont worry to much for the cb4x4 weekend the water isnt that deep at the mo.
and its such a big site you don't have to drive into the deep stuff.


tony :P

p.s. andy's glove idea works really well.
but use a marigold they are stronger...

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Re: Waterproofing

Post by ROBBIE » Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:08 am

Ive been told condoms are better than marigolds for waterproofing HT leads :mrgreen:
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