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I finished the basic install of the Malaysian 12K rear winch, I installed the rear winch first and plan on installing a hydraulic front winch (if I can find the mount) I always install a rear winch, even if I do not plan on installing a front winch, If you think about it it makes total sense, there are times when a front winch can only pull you farther into whatever you were stupid enough to drive off into in the first place!!..
This winch came with 4ga "special winch cable" of course it all had to be custom wired to move the relay pack under the rear passenger seat so I used 2ga THWN because I had it and copper is not cheap! this limited my options on routing the wire because that stuff is about as flexible as an old Int. Scout frame, Make sure anytime you do something like this to "de-horn" the edges of things like that shock tower and body mount, that shock tower was a sharp as a knife!
I still have allot of "cleanup" to do, I did not have the correct wire clamps so they are on order and I still need to install the hand held remote plug in the rear and wire the momentary switch in the dash and insulate the main switch mounted in the rear passenger seat box.
There was already a hole in the back of the battery compartment so that choice was easy enough, really do like using asphalt wire loom.
I installed a "battery" switch for several reasons one of which is it just not need to be a parasitic drain on the system all the time when it will hopefully get little use.
BUT the main reason for the switch is because this winch comes with a wireless remote and I don't want to be driving down the road someday and have a random signal tell the cheap winch receiver,, "let's just see if this can suck the bumper in"
The extra switch in the floor is going to be the main battery switch facing the rear passengers feet, SUPPOSED to be rated at 2500A for 10sec and 250A continuous.
EDIT the winch came from Fleabay, it is a 24V unit and seems to have good quality, cost $560.00 and shipping took only about 4 days!!!
This winch came with 4ga "special winch cable" of course it all had to be custom wired to move the relay pack under the rear passenger seat so I used 2ga THWN because I had it and copper is not cheap! this limited my options on routing the wire because that stuff is about as flexible as an old Int. Scout frame, Make sure anytime you do something like this to "de-horn" the edges of things like that shock tower and body mount, that shock tower was a sharp as a knife!
I still have allot of "cleanup" to do, I did not have the correct wire clamps so they are on order and I still need to install the hand held remote plug in the rear and wire the momentary switch in the dash and insulate the main switch mounted in the rear passenger seat box.
There was already a hole in the back of the battery compartment so that choice was easy enough, really do like using asphalt wire loom.
I installed a "battery" switch for several reasons one of which is it just not need to be a parasitic drain on the system all the time when it will hopefully get little use.
BUT the main reason for the switch is because this winch comes with a wireless remote and I don't want to be driving down the road someday and have a random signal tell the cheap winch receiver,, "let's just see if this can suck the bumper in"
The extra switch in the floor is going to be the main battery switch facing the rear passengers feet, SUPPOSED to be rated at 2500A for 10sec and 250A continuous.
EDIT the winch came from Fleabay, it is a 24V unit and seems to have good quality, cost $560.00 and shipping took only about 4 days!!!
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