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[SteelHeadz]

For anyone who questions a good customer service, Warn has again followed through with one of the best customer service i've ever dealth with..
It was a simple restoration project for my Old 8000lb Warn winch. It has taken a beating from the weather through the years and the decals are peeling and cracked. These guys has put together a decal kit that works for my old winch that's no longer in production. Little things like this makes me want to keep doing business with Companies like Warn..

 

[Jeeper99]

That's good to hear! I have a warn on my 4 wheeler and want to get one soon for my Jeep. To me, that's just another good reason to keep doing buisness with them.

 

[sledd]

good to know..thks..

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

Warn rocks.

 

[1989hog]

and they just plain work good everytime, I've had mine for 8 years never had a problem , I did return the mile maker winch in exchange for the Warn due to the Mile marker winch stuck on the on postion and kept winching and would not stop ( yes like a bad dream) it was 2 months old I told them I never wanted another one, give me a Warn a little more money but alot better and better is safer.

 

[SteelHeadz]

I finished the restoration on my Warn winch with the decals courtesy of Warn.

 

[avan]

Looks good to go. I like the idea of where you placed the juntion box. Just 2 quick questions
Thought about switched over to a synthetic rope to save on front end weight?
Have you wired it up to a control inside the Jeep as well as the external connection?

 

[SteelHeadz]

The 100' cable really doesn't add that much weight. I might consider the synthetic rope if this one breaks. As for the controls, the remote cable is 15' and more than plenty to actuate the winch in and out of the cab.

 

[Turbogus]

URRRRRGH~!
Preparing for mounting up a winch to Black Betty, my '78 CJ got a Warn kit no. 13910, only to find this old Renegade has no pass through hole for the aft part of the frame extention. So what do I do? Drill a hole through the other side of the box frame? Wouldn't this compromise the integrity of the frame? ACK~!

 

[SteelHeadz]

I first mounted the winch plate on the crossmember support plate in front of the grille. Drilled the holes in 4 corners with a 1/2 inch grade 8 bolts. Removed it then bolted the winch on the plate and then bolted the plate back to the frame.

 

[Turbogus]

Hmmmm I think I'm getting the picture, speaking which, do you have any photos of the process of installing your mount Mikey? Also, did you use these embossed holes in this pic?

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[SteelHeadz]

Go to 5 post prior to this one. If you look at my fairlead, it's attached to the winch mounting plate and same for the winch. The pic you have posted is showing the holes on the crossmember. I drilled the holes on the winch plate to match those existing hole and bored it out with a 1/2 inch bit to accomodate the 1/2 grade 8 bolts. Make sure you use a good backing plate under the crossmember where the bolts go through to give it some more ridgidity.

 

[Turbogus]

ray: What makes a Jeep Guru?

Mikey does~!:beer:

 

[SteelHeadz]

Thanks man, but i'm not an expert on Jeeps. There's quite a bit of guys and gals here that knows a lot about them.

 

[Turbogus]

I found a couple of other guys opinions but I think that, since the front crossmember has greater connection to the frame given it's long weld it would be more secure than the four (although large) bolts holding the extention brackets. I'm going to see how close this mount will fit using SteelHeadz idea.

The holes where there on my 78 CJ5 when I bought the jeep but the guy I got it from had a winch on it at one time. I'll have to go look at mine but if you are concerned about the integrity of the frame find some steel tubing that the inside diameter fits the bolts, drill the hole in the frame to fit the outside diameter of the tubing, cut to length, insert the tubs, weld around the tubes, grind, paint, and install the winch. I've never done it but it looks good on paper anyway.

 

[SteelHeadz]

I forgot to mention that i also used a 1/4 inch spacers between the winch plate and the frame plate/crossmember. This clearance is for the bolts holding the winch to the plate.

 

[Turbogus]

So Mikey, is this how you achieved clearance for your roller fairlead? It looked too close on mine given the bumper arrangement.

 

[Ggg]

Glad to hear of good ol customer service. I have an old Warn very similar to yours SteelHeadz that needs some hard parts. I hope they come through for me too.

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

How old are your Warns? My Warn 8274 was built in '76 and still works great. Only thing I did when I got it was inspect the gears, change the oil, and un-seize the motor.

 

[SteelHeadz]

So Mikey, is this how you achieved clearance for your roller fairlead? It looked too close on mine given the bumper arrangement.

After building the new bumper, i had to re-drill a new hole on the winch plate to move the fairlead up and flushed with the bumper. I'll take some pic's tommorow. BTW, i like the way that bumper looks.