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Post by eliteforce32 »

do it and then ill give u a box of piss for the winch ;)
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Post by GRPABT1 »

want33s wrote:
GRPABT1 wrote:Why the hell would you need a 12000 pound winch? I highly doubt a zook's thin chassis would appreciate the full brunt that a 12000 pounder could produce.

Get a Tmax, for the price you can't beat them.
I don't know about you but I have mates and most of them don't have Zooks they have Cruisers and Patrols and when they get stuck I pull them out. :finger: I never wanted a Zook only winch that I would burn out saving a bigger car.
The 12000lb winch is actually lighter than my 9500lb and has a faster line speed.
My point was that when you have your zook parked up against a tree or whatever to anchor it to rescue your mates, a 12000lb winch could potentially damage your chassis. You know how thin a zook chassis is.
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Post by want33s »

Got the motor back today.
One of the 4 coils in the housing had burnt out.
They couldn't give a better explanation as to why it happened than "Sometimes they just go".
$176 later and I have a winch again. :lol:
Motor is sealed on this time just in case water had something to do with it.

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Post by Mick. »

Disco1Modified wrote:If you go into Autobarn and look in the car audio section they have lots of high current fuses for the doof-doof guys and their audio power amps. They have an in-line fuse holder with a 250 amp fuse (nice and wanky clear perspex holder with gold plated terminals. I used a 400amp fuse - they are used in forklifts. I don't have any photo's just yet. The fuse holder andd fuses were not that expensive.
Your talking about one of these. This holds a 400amp gold plated fuse which I run all my electrics threw.

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Post by Disco1Modified »

Mick, that's the one.
Toy 100 series now with a few mods

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