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Cheers Sooty, I've got a Carling switch for the cab which I hope works well. Haven't quite got the bar end sorted yet, was thinking some of the ones like Darren's - a couple of momentary on's. I have seen them in the headlight surround before as well, look quite good there.
Solenoid arrived today and looks pretty straight forward to wire up. Has any one got any ideas of a good place to get good cable for the winch, and also terminals that don't require a bloody expensive tool?
Cheers Sooty, I've got a Carling switch for the cab which I hope works well. Haven't quite got the bar end sorted yet, was thinking some of the ones like Darren's - a couple of momentary on's. I have seen them in the headlight surround before as well, look quite good there.
Solenoid arrived today and looks pretty straight forward to wire up. Has any one got any ideas of a good place to get good cable for the winch, and also terminals that don't require a bloody expensive tool?
I bought a crimping tool off eBay for $60 and am stoked with it mate! Highly recommend buying one. You will get the cable from a good WeldinG shop. 50mm2 at least. I am running 70mm2. I also recommend linking the 2 batteries under the bonnet with a hot wire and isolating switch so you can link them when your winching. Works great.
Last edited by MudRunnerTD; 8th September 2014 at 07:55 PM.
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Originally Posted by Rogue Dung Beetle
Wish it was Nissan though, Toyotas just can't keep up with the Pootrol pace.
The only good thing about an 80 series is..... the front end?? Wrong!!, the Engine?? Wrong!! the Full Time 4WD system?? Wrong!! Its the NissanPatrol.com.au stubby holder fitted over the transfer lever. WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
Cheers Sooty, I've got a Carling switch for the cab which I hope works well. Haven't quite got the bar end sorted yet, was thinking some of the ones like Darren's - a couple of momentary on's. I have seen them in the headlight surround before as well, look quite good there. Solenoid arrived today and looks pretty straight forward to wire up. Has any one got any ideas of a good place to get good cable for the winch, and also terminals that don't require a bloody expensive tool?
Go and visit the local sparkie and he will crimp them for you, he would only charge if he was a tight ass! haha
Been a bit busy and slack lately but finally got the winch wired up.
After much indecision I decided to go with my original plan and mount the solenoid (solid state) under the bonnet. I originally planned on putting it here but was also thinking about mounting it on the end of the winch motor. The motor bolts line up with the brackets on most solenoids. The advantage of mounting it here is that you need less cable as you only need the positive and negative running from the battery. I however decided to leave it under the bonnet, looks a little neater and also only has a short section of cable that is live all the time.
Winnie managed to sort me out with some cable, lugs and heat shrink. I used 70mm2 cable, which is huge, no chance of loosing any current with this stuff. Used 7m in total and just had enough. I realised we had a crimper at work for stainless balustrading which worked perfect.
Done, time to test. Hooked up the rope and spooled it in, worked a treat. Then went down to the back yard and had a go winching up the hill. The brake wasn't working at all and performance wasn't great, not looking good thought it was time to rebuild again - not happy. But as the sun was going down I realised it was spooling backwards and I had wired in and out the wrong way - result!! That fixed and then re spooled the proper way time to re test. Performance was awesome, the brake is amazing, just feels so solid. Had a go winching up a vertical embankment and it just wanted to go -very happy!! The only downside with the standard high mount is free spool is tough as your spinning the gears up to the motor. I can see why the air free spools would be bloody awesome, maybe Santa will be nice one day
Still need wire the buttons on the bar, put in an isolator switch and will also put in a switch to link the batteries through the isolator, however just wanted to get it working at this stage.
The placement of the solenoid is not ideal bud but will get it done. The most voltage drop is between the solenoid and the motor so the closer the better. Just behind the grill or behind the headlight for the win. I had mine mounted under the washer bottle.
With my 24v setup I will be going on the end of the motor. I will probably set up ABs winch with. The solenoid on the end of the motor too.
With the Freespool, you will find that the "Winch Out" on a Himount is very fast and there is no adverse effects on the winch by winching out so go for it mate. I have my Freespool pinned so winch out. I have just bought an Airfreespool though Shhhhhhhh. I will post a pic here of the pin for you, I took one tonight when I stripped the Himount and front bar off my GQ.
Looking good mate, you will love the Himount.
Its a Nissan! =====> Its a Keeper!! ....... Got a TD42 in it BONUS!! ....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
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Originally Posted by Rogue Dung Beetle
Wish it was Nissan though, Toyotas just can't keep up with the Pootrol pace.
The only good thing about an 80 series is..... the front end?? Wrong!!, the Engine?? Wrong!! the Full Time 4WD system?? Wrong!! Its the NissanPatrol.com.au stubby holder fitted over the transfer lever. WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
Its a Nissan! =====> Its a Keeper!! ....... Got a TD42 in it BONUS!! ....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
Check out my Toy --> MudRunnerTD's GQ From the Ground Up
Originally Posted by Rogue Dung Beetle
Wish it was Nissan though, Toyotas just can't keep up with the Pootrol pace.
The only good thing about an 80 series is..... the front end?? Wrong!!, the Engine?? Wrong!! the Full Time 4WD system?? Wrong!! Its the NissanPatrol.com.au stubby holder fitted over the transfer lever. WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
Caution..... The One Thing that will KILL A HIMOUNT is trying to slow down the winch or stop the run on by trying to spool in the other direction. It will kill the brushes. Get used to it. The run on it predictable. You can't stop it, learn it.
Have fun
Its a Nissan! =====> Its a Keeper!! ....... Got a TD42 in it BONUS!! ....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
Check out my Toy --> MudRunnerTD's GQ From the Ground Up
Originally Posted by Rogue Dung Beetle
Wish it was Nissan though, Toyotas just can't keep up with the Pootrol pace.
The only good thing about an 80 series is..... the front end?? Wrong!!, the Engine?? Wrong!! the Full Time 4WD system?? Wrong!! Its the NissanPatrol.com.au stubby holder fitted over the transfer lever. WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
The bracket on my Albright solenoid would not mount up to the end of the 6 HP motor under the long bolts, did you have this problem, also reversing the high mount at speed can break teeth off the gears. The easy way is to power out the amount of rope you need whilst standing at bull bar, this keeps the tension on the rope then run up the hill only dragging the rope.
The bracket on my Albright solenoid would not mount up to the end of the 6 HP motor under the long bolts, did you have this problem, also reversing the high mount at speed can break teeth off the gears. The easy way is to power out the amount of rope you need whilst standing at bull bar, this keeps the tension on the rope then run up the hill only dragging the rope.
just about to set it up like this mate, speaking with Phil from the 4WDShed i will need to grind the heatsink flat on the end and then it will bolt straight up
Its a Nissan! =====> Its a Keeper!! ....... Got a TD42 in it BONUS!! ....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
Check out my Toy --> MudRunnerTD's GQ From the Ground Up
Originally Posted by Rogue Dung Beetle
Wish it was Nissan though, Toyotas just can't keep up with the Pootrol pace.
The only good thing about an 80 series is..... the front end?? Wrong!!, the Engine?? Wrong!! the Full Time 4WD system?? Wrong!! Its the NissanPatrol.com.au stubby holder fitted over the transfer lever. WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
Originally Posted by Rossco
....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
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