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My Maverick recently passed with 33x12.5x15's. He picked on other stupid stuff though, so certainly not a dodgy job.

They were covered by the flares (garden edging) though.

N57G is for an MK Triton.

good to see im not the only one running a fuse in the power supply for winch.
my mates rekon im paranoid but fu k rubbing though a 100 + amp cable and owning a pile of ash.
fitted a 150 amp fuse on battery lead.



Lol. I assume you haven't used the winch in anger yet then?
You might wanna check ...

Hi

I am looking at doing some mods to my GU. It is a 2002 3lt turbo running an Auto gear box. I plan on the following and would like to know what problems I may encounter.
4" lift
33" or 35" tyres (will there be a problem with the auto if I run 35")

Any info would be great.



The 4" lift may ...

Maybe it still has too much grease in it. Try using it a few times and see if it becomes easier as the grease gets worked out of the gears.

Also what grease did you use? If you stuffed it full of thick wheel bearing grease or similar that may be part of the issue.

Been thinking a bit about this over the past few days .. planning a few years ahead for touring with the kiddies.

My idea's are for a decent sized diesal for the road miles and effortless pulling of a load.
Probarbly auto and carry a spare starter :D and small genset for emergancy power ( as ...

a na diesel is gonna make a painful tourer. Try to find something turbo'd maybe?

question is: can u just buy the plate and little bit by themselves or is a trip to the wreckers on the cards??

cheers You can buy the small triangle part from Nissan for bout 10... I went thru 2 of em, threw a wallet in the car once, perfect hit on mirror.. Its designed to break and be replaceable ...

Maybe in QLD, I spoke to a rwc guy today who will pass it with 33's.

The only GU's worth owning are the 4.2 turbo diesel - these start at around $27000 for something under 300,000km. You'd be crazy to buy a 3.0 grenade motor and the petrols are so thirsty its crazy.

There is $1600 of Superior Engineering chromoly and mecavel links and rods under this, not to mention ...

If the freespool is starting to sieze its probably due to water ingress and the sliding ring is rusted in place. Pull the gearbox off and strip it down to check.

If you have damaged the handle by trying to force it a new one is about $150!

Hey Bruce.

I have more than enough standard suspension I could put in it ;)

I've been trying to look around to see what they are worth but I'm still unsure whether to pull the winch and suspension off and sell them seperately.

Bubs doing great - she's half the reason to upgrade (something a ...

I'm contemplating selling my GQ as the missus wants something newer and more comfortable. Not really sure what its worth, any ideas?

1989 Ford Maverick
4.2 diesel
302,000 km's

body in good condition, no rust (other than rear window frames) and only very minimal 4wding scars

Mechanically excellent ...

Anyone heard much about the ebay cheapies? 250amp for under $700, 200amp for under $400.

They're just chinese jobbies, but are they good enough for occasional home use?

Change to GU type. adjust and forget. Old type of lock washer is as useful as tits on a fish.

ARB sell the spacer for the back door for about $50.

Kaymar robbers want about $100 for it (same thing but has an extra small loop on it for fitting one of their equally overpriced rear worklights)

Dunno if they help clear the tail light, but they lift it up and out a bit.

Last time I was in Aldi I didn't see any shelves full of winch spares? Maybe I was looking in the wrong place? Oh no, thats right, I forgot, they're disposable.

I've seen Warn 9.5XP's used in comps, faster under load than a standard hi-mount, not as fast without load though. By the time you've bought one of those you're not far off a hi-mount though.

Loanrangie wrote:Not sure if this is what you mean but i just mounted one of those marine type isolation keys in the engine bay so some little forker doesnt try to winch my car in half.

Did you get one thats rated for over 400 amps? If not its just gonna melt and make a mess.

Mine did this at the same time I started having flat battery problems. The alternator had got tired of putting out for all those years without getting anything in return. It started getting greedy and stealing charge from my battery when the engine was off.
It was new alternator time for me as the ...

If its a cheap Chinese knock-off I wouldn't wipe my arse on one. Get a genuine Garrett or similar, do the job once and do it right.

They are available as a spare part. Try somewhere that sells Warn winches, ARB etc.

What broke and why was warranty knocked back?

A wheel alignment will tell you. The camber will be all to shit if its bent (assuming bearings etc are ok)

I bought one on the weekend and put it into a GQ ARB deluxe winch bar and it was a straight forward bolt in.

The only issue I had was the controller box must be a different design to the M series winches as the mounting bracket that came with the winch install kit I bought a couple of years ago ...

bogged wrote:

Cossie wrote:Let us know when you find somewhere to buy a GOOD winch cheap.

used warn 9000 for $500

Cheap enough, better value than than the chinese shit

Let us know when you find somewhere to buy a GOOD winch cheap.

1st ebay link is side (horizontal) screwed.

2nd is vertical but requires a return lip on the guard so wont fit.

rockit wrote:Hey guys no a place that sells cheap winches 8500pd, 9500pd and 12000pd any one interested let me no.
All low mount

I know the place too... I think it's called China or something?

macey wrote:Wondering where to buy vertical screwed wheel arch flares to fit to a guard chop with no lip.
Cheers

Have a look on the shelf next to the left-handed screwdrivers and skyhooks.