Hodge's new 4.2

[mudski]

This was off eBay, but yeah I usually go there I forgot to check whether they had any of this to be honest.
When you say I've got the 1/4 or 1/8 sender, you mean the sensor ???

Yeah the thread sizes on the sender units.

[Hodge]

Yeah the thread sizes on the sender units.

Coolant is 1/4 npt but the housing thread is m12x1.5

Egt probe is 1/8th npt but bung thread is 1/4 bsp .

Picking it all up this morning from post.

Tapatalked from S6

[threedogs]

Like I said if you get stuck I have the correct thread tap here for you

[Hodge]

Thanks mate I will suss it out when I have the gauge and sender units with me and I'll go from there .
Install still a few days away thanks to auspost.

Tapatalked from S6

[Hodge]

Few goodies arriving this morning. They sent out the wrong winch, but it's all good I'll just keep this one. Now for some fitting time.

[Hodge]

Fitted the winch up today. Fairly straight forward. A few issues that needed to be resolved, but nothing major. Found a nice spot for control box, still need to reposition it a bit as I failed to look ahead, and only noticed it's too close to the rope when rope is all wound in.

The bolts and nuts included, were the first issue. For some reason they only included 2 bolts and nuts. And the ones they did include, the nuts were too big to fit into the nut groove of the winch body. Easy fix, bolt shop down the road.

The next hurdle was clutch selector. It fouls on top of the bull bar if fitted upwards or forwards or downwards, where the hand gaps are. Will have to bend or cut some of the selector off. Easy done. Another future project.

All in all a solid winch. Feels and looks like a good product, packaged well with everything you need. The only thing I will pick on the Runva so far is the remote control and the wireless control. They feel so cheap, especially the wireless controller. It feels like a controller of a remote control car bought from a $2 shop.
Will see how long that lasts.

To do list: Wire in the winch isolator, wire in a rocker switch inside the cab, and re-locate the control box further from the cable drum.

[Bacho86]

Looking good mate - didn't you originally order a newer / upgraded runva 11xp? That looks the same as my old one?


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[Hodge]

Looking good mate - didn't you originally order a newer / upgraded runva 11xp? That looks the same as my old one?


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Yeah mate, I ordered the Premium version. But they sent this instead, but I just cbf waiting so they refunded me the difference and I keep this one.

When you say this looks like your old one, what happened to it ?


This is the premium one I ordered originally .....

[Bacho86]

When you say this looks like your old one, what happened to it ?

Sorry didn't make myself clear, just meant my older model - it's still kicking along, only used a few times in anger in the 12 months I've had it


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[Hodge]

Sorry didn't make myself clear, just meant my older model - it's still kicking along, only used a few times in anger in the 12 months I've had it


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Makes sense now! Looks like a good unit so hopefully it performs just as well.