THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER -- part For (HIGH WATER-A) My Amphib index
To have a road legal Amphib one needs more than just a license plate! IT "CAN" drive now! -- but is fast over heating Swimming is to close to sinking NO good for a vacation So many thing are VERY WRONG it is hard to start some where. First I start by getting her back on the road. For that we need a working exhaust and a working cooling system.
The exhaust pipe was banging to the steering column. 4 mm of space and 5 cm rubber engine blocks. For the welding there are no words. There is a pipe backed half way into the exhaust header. really I have no words, I do need a bucked to throw up. Picture on the left show the problem as it is now (06 - 06 - 07) with the header cleaned out. Picture on the right shows a new problem no casket between the air in let and the intake header The air in let has 2 leaks in the front any way. Beside the all ready known leak on the air filter that is. Did I mention that the holes in the header are a bit bigger than the holes in "the thing" on the left. The in and out gas flow was TOTALLY **** up! No wonder that the engine has no power and overheats in a very bad way.
The masked master did a little cutting and a little welding
After a few mistakes on my side it worked out like this on 24 - 06 - 2007 30 mm room for the steering system.	The speedometer cable was damaged because it came in contact with the starter engine. I fixed it to the 12V starter cable. now it stays clear of the heat.
On 07 - 08 - 2007 We have a non banging exhaust system and an engine that revs up a bit more easy. The big hole were the waves run into is a small hole that is 15 cm higher	The battery is moved to the rear and there for the seats and the paneling has to goes out. AGAIN!!!! The little hole under the seat will house a small fan to help cooling the gear boxes What I really need is a air flow meter but that cost 500 Eur for that money I can buy a load of fans.
To fix the heat under the floor problem.  I reversed the air flow in the engine bay. No more hot air blown into the bay cool air gets into the bay first.	Sorry but no photo will tell you how it done you simply understand or you do not. I cut two holes and I close two holes but it was more then two weeks work.
On 04 - 09 - 2007 I made a test drive: I drove an hour around the town. Then I took it on the freeway, with 90 km/h and it was just fine. Outside temperature was 21 degrees under floor temp 27 and engine bay temp  32 degrees. oil them around 90 degrees then I put the peddle to the floor. At 120 km/h things went bad very fast. The oil was over heating fast The engine over heating light was already on. A hose came away from a pipe and most of the cooling liquid lay in the bilge, So now I have a bit more work. Do do on the cooling system: 1- many new hoses. 2- reroute some hoses 3- check all hoses 4- a new low noise big Cool fan	This is how it looked. Second hose from the left came all the way lose. One of the reasons it came off  was that the hose was tight to the engine block and a 38 mm hose will not stay on a 32 mm pipe, not for long anyway. On the left is how I want it, when it is ready. One can get to the oil filter. There is even room for a normal size filter!!!!
I had plans to put the vehicle on fire. but I decided that this event would be incomplete without the presence of the professional mechanic that has build this vehicle. Chained on top of it I mean! But I'm very sure this feelings will fade away.
My Amphib index	So far but not good :-)