Hodge's new 4.2

[Hodge]

Nice work Eric, a couple of great updates.

Nice truck Hodge can't wait to get my wagon back however I still love my 06 4.2 Tdi ute clunks and all lol

Ps where did you score the Nissan patrol.com.au sticker from?

Thanks folks shes coming along slowly.
Kimbo, contact taslucas here on the forum. I think he has a thread for the stickers too ...

[Hodge]

Met up with threedogs this mortning and got the rear seat blanking plates off him. Very nice and neat. Yet to fit them.

Also decided to go ahead with my Premium winch mistakenly sent to me... The original one, sold to a mate, so all worked out !!

[threedogs]

Were you able to swap winches today????

[Hodge]

Nope. Pulled the original one out though. 10 minute job. Ready for the new one to go in first thing tomorrow morning.
Gotta swap the red for grey rope as I'm keeping the red one. Same rope 11mm by 26M, just different color.

[Hodge]

Finished with the new Runva premium winch. Very impressed and the clutch selector is perfect !!!! Sit's at 11 oclock facing the bull bar and super easy to access with the hand and it's a click in click out spring system so don't have to turn it all the way. Very happy!
Much neater finish as well compared to the other one too. Also relocated the solenoid box to, to a higher better position... Used some brackets to make up a solid mounting point. Just got to wire up a extension plug to somewhere on front of the bar and happy days.

Also looks odd seeing that thing on the front instead of a hook, but it'll grow on me.

[threedogs]

Looks much better, not a big fan of having the hook underneath , but not much you can do about it.
Ill modify that flag bracket and powder coat it satin black for you, if you fit it you fit it..
Id remove the shackle and turn it 90 degrees just saying.
Do you just remove the grill and lift the winch out that way??
Axminster carpet too la de dah lol

Ill grab some of those tie down clips for you you could put them on top of the fridge box
anyway going there tomorrow to use their wire for a few jobs and hopefully change my steering damper

[Hodge]

Thanks mate.
Yeah when grille is off I have a ton of access and room. Dropping winch in there was easy with a lot of room to spare. Easy to work with. Wish it was the same on the engine side of radiator .

Tapatalked from S6

[Kimbo63]

That is exactly where I mounted my solenoid had to remove the cover though and and fitted the controller plug on the bar
How do you plug your controller in ?

[Hodge]

How do you plug your controller in ?

The socket on the control box will be mirrored/paralleled to somewhere on the bullbar, as well as a control point somewhere inside the cab in the future.

[threedogs]

Does the top of your bullbar have any knock outs to fit the controller socket,
if its a winch bar Id think it should have something.???