Re: winch mounting
Posted: 04 Oct 2012, 23:40
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tencentlife wrote:Can't put the spare Yoko in the clamshell, too big, and I had a cheapo winch laying around, so:
box tube thru the front crush beam
converted the winch pan/fairlead bracket
extra braces to the bottom welded seam
hung the winch on some 4" C-section between the frame rails
cutout in stock bumper
150A breaker protects aux batt feeder and a 6ga feeder to front
switchgear behind grille right side, fused 10ga feeders continue on to left side to
a bank of 4-relays that power all headlights and low-speed rad fan manual activation
winch remote socket mounted in grille
or this switch converts turn signal stalk switch to winch controller, at the same time activates idle speed boost and
a big warning light when it is in winch mode. Small rocker with blue LED is rad fan low speed activation for offroading, also boosts idle speed.
