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G'day. I've done a search and read the Pirate link but don't feel confident to go pulling winch apart, etc.

So anyway, i'm after an inspection, service and clean of a second hand older style 8274 winch.

I'm also after a drain and filler plug tapped or welded in

And lugs welded to back for bracing ...

I've got an old 9500lb winch. I was thinking of putting it in a cradle and using it as a portable winch. Anyway questions are:

1. What amperage Anderson plug to use?

2. What mm2 wiring to use from battery to rear of vehicle?

3. If I want extra 5-10m of cable do I need to increase mm2?

Anything ...

I've retained the original airbox which is 3" in and 3" out so I used a rubber 4"-3" reducer which I bought off eBay and then connected to original plastic 3" ducting. I also used 3" flexy tubing from supercheap in between, only because my snorkel is midway up front guard as I used to have an ...

80lsy gq wrote:no you need a bit of tube the next size up from what you are bending..so if bending 32nb you need a small piece of 40nb

dave

Does the added thickness from this sleeve stop tube flattening out at bend too?

Is their somewhere you can buy bends from and weld them in?

I would guess 2, as that is all that's provided originally i think. I'm quite shocked that it's mandatory to provide them, but then again any safety feature must be retained/replaced with those types of mods.

i shall be watching this thread as i hope to one day dual cab mine, although littlun's in ...

its an easy enuf job to do your self if you have a press, or pull the arms and take them to the local mech, and he might do it for a carton or something.




chris.

I wish i knew your mechanic. Took my arms to mechanic today to have bushes pressed out and in. I removed arms, and supplied new ...

Mine was doing the same thing but has stopped?? Can't explain why?? Maybe the gremlin died of old age??

At (not around, but exactly at) 2200 rpm. Start at 2200, stop at 2250. very strange. I could hold it at those revs and it would whistle, vary the revs and it would stop.

It was very annoying ...

When i attempted to get my 35" simexes balanced on mechanical beadlocked rims i had a couple needing 800g+ of weight. So the balance was done as best as possible using stick-ons.

If i was to use autobalance, as it's something i've contemplated for some time, would i be best off to remove all ...

My 5th gear went on my GQ a few years ago. Just cruising down the highway on way back from 4wd trip, couldn't put it into 5th without it crunching like hell.

If i double clutch it engages fine, so that's just what i do now. Been like that a few years now, no probs.

I don't see why you couldn't spin it around. The cable would unwind off the top of the drum instead of bottom, that is all. You can undo the bolts and rotate the gearbox and motor too so that the freespool clutch lever and wiring terminals are on top. Drum would still spin the same way, no problems ...

As said you won't know the extent of damage untill you take the head off. Foamy, bubbly stuff in radiator water is chemical reaction caused from having oil leaking into your water.

Mine blew a head gasket near no6 cylinder and cost me about $400 to have head surfaced, springs and valves replaced ...

ok lewie,

passenger's side has a u-bracket that fits snugly inside chassis rail and has nuts welded to it to pick up 2 side bolts and 1 underside bolt. Also has 1 bolt under body mount as a locator.

driver's side uses an angle bracket which just picks up underside bolt and locator bolt under body ...

sorry for hijak, but is this the same way most winch bars are fitted? I'm making up a tube bar and want a strong mount to chassis, was gunna do the similar as arb. Any better ideas out there?

cheers
Bear

Could get one for you soon as i'm about to pull mine off and make a tube bar.

Basically it's approximately 125x80x5or6mm channel which wraps around chassis rail. There's then a plate inside chassis rail with threads to match chassis rail mounting holes.

Something like that anyway

Yeah, that's what i was thinking

Cheers

Got a hi-mount winch and i intend on cutting out grill for snug fit.

As i've got a near perfect condition grill, would i be better off getting a crappy one from somewhere to cut and selling my good one?

Isn't it amazing how prices vary so much on parts, etc.

I always keep a spare inner axle seal with the spare cv i carry. Got a couple from repco for about $2 each.

Just bought a swivel hub kit the other day. Best price i could find was $190 :cry:

Hey johno it's not too hard to put a kit through ...

PM TNA. A bloke he knows in Moe had a 4.5 complete for around $1000. Pretty sure he's still got it.

He fitted a LS2 and all the gear to his GU so no longer required the tb4.5. Good nik, high 200k's/low 300k's i think from memory.

I've had 33x10.5 Silverstone MT117's as well as my current 32X9.5 ET pede's.
The Silverstones were a much better tyre.. They would work at a lot lower PSI.. 3 psi Vs the 10psi the pedes need.
The 117's were better on rock, better on side slopes, better handling all round.
I only bought the Simexes ...

I've got 35x11.5 R15 simexes and they're absolutely awesome in mud and on rocks. Seen the 117 extremes in mud and they went good too. Extreme trekker 2's handle better than jungle trekker 2's on road but are still pretty shithouse. You wouldn't want to drive on them too much. If 117's are worse they ...

It's a GQ wagon with coils all round, 5" lift. Trailer had crushed rock so evenly distributed load. As truck is lifted the trailer sits on a bit of angle and if anything would be pulling rear down and therefore, front up. Panhards are genuine bushes, ok nic and tight.

I had suspected that king pin ...

I know, i know, search...

Anyway got GQ shaking front end occasionally. Mostly happens on freeway at 100km/h after hitting slight deviations in road surface.
Yesterday i was towing 1.2t of rock and drove beautifully down section of freeway it normally hates at 100kph.

Could the weight on the arse ...

My daughter's smashed her EL Fairmont. I'm thinking of chucking the front seats into the trol. Very good nic and more comfy than what i've got. Can anyone foresee any problems here before i waste too much time?

Is there a problem with the law if spacers/holes redrilled, etc?

Anyone put a 3" stainless steel snorkel on a rodeo yet?
My mate's just bought a 2001 deisel and was gonna pay $600 to have a snorkel fitted. I suggested a stainless steel one but he wants to see a pic of one first.

Anyone put a 3" stainless steel snorkel on a rodeo yet?
My mate's just bought a 2001 deisel and was gonna pay $600 to have a snorkel fitted. I suggested a stainless steel one but he wants to see a pic of one first.

I've broken a 'just straps' (white) and am still using a 'supercheap' (blue). Mind you, each have done heaps of snatches and i do little in the way of caring for them. Just roll em up, wet or dry, dirty or clean.

I don't know what you're doing to go through so many straps. It'd probably be cheaper ...

This should help with your wiring. Very easy to DIY. I have 2 grill mounted and 2 bar mounted spotties. Have thought of roofmounting them but haven't. Biggest problems i can foresee are routing your wiring from roof, and roofmounted lights are prone to attack from low hanging tree branches, etc ...

Try cleaning the other ones too. The first time this happened on my GQ it didn't work untill i cleaned the switch on passenger's side door????????????don't ask me why, gremlin, coincidence or electrical phenonima. But it works now

I got quoted about $100 a couple of years ago from a joint in Keysborough. Why would you bother doing it yourself?