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thomas winch motor

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thomas winch motor

Post by hiluxmad »

got an 8000pnd thomas highh mount for nix but the motor is seized (maybe fixable yet) would one of the warn or similar (ebay store types) If mine is stuffed 4.6hp or 6hp?
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Post by pcman »

i think you have 2 options powauto greens road dandenong south (id be leaning hard against the bench when they tell you the price)
or id go and find a really good startermotor reconditioner and see what they can do for you

ive never owned one but looked at a few closely when i was thinkin about setting up a pto/electric winch
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Post by tna racing »

i'd get it re-bound. they are simular bindings to a chev startor motor :armsup:
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Post by turps »

hiluxmad wrote:got an 8000pnd thomas highh mount for nix but the motor is seized (maybe fixable yet) would one of the warn or similar (ebay store types) If mine is stuffed 4.6hp or 6hp?
Are you sure its a Hi-mount. Or is it just that the elec motor is mounted above the worm drive?
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Post by hiluxmad »

looks like a high mount although motor is mounted at 90 deg to the drum and runs through a gear drive setup unlike the warn set ups (high mount or low mount) parralell or inline with drum
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Post by tna racing »

hiluxmad wrote:looks like a high mount although motor is mounted at 90 deg to the drum and runs through a gear drive setup unlike the warn set ups (high mount or low mount) parralell or inline with drum
yeah there a low mount
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Post by hiluxmad »

ahhhh now i know!!!!!! ;) got a bloke looking at it this week see if he can get it going hope he can so i dont have to buy a new one
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Post by tna racing »

hiluxmad wrote:ahhhh now i know!!!!!! ;) got a bloke looking at it this week see if he can get it going hope he can so i dont have to buy a new one
did you buy this resently?
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Post by hiluxmad »

found it in a mates paddock on an old tray truck stripped it down and every thing else seems fine but the motor shorts with power connected bit of corrosion in there but may clean up
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Post by cloughy »

hiluxmad wrote:looks like a high mount although motor is mounted at 90 deg to the drum and runs through a gear drive setup unlike the warn set ups (high mount or low mount) parralell or inline with drum
Its a worm drive
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Post by cloughy »

tna racing wrote:i'd get it re-bound. they are simular bindings to a chev startor motor :armsup:
They're called windings :roll:
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Post by RoldIT »

... and, if you get it working, it'll be sloooooooooooooooow! :D
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Post by cloughy »

RoldIT wrote:... and, if you get it working, it'll be sloooooooooooooooow! :D
Wrong :x

It'll be damn SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW :D
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Post by ozhumvee »

But it will out pull most other standard winches.
I had one for about twenty years, put it on 4 different cruisers, it never missed a beat.
stupidly left it on the last troopy.
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Post by cloughy »

ozhumvee wrote:But it will out pull most other standard winches.
I had one for about twenty years, put it on 4 different cruisers, it never missed a beat.
stupidly left it on the last troopy.
Yep, worm drive will pull till destruction




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Post by hiluxmad »

its getting rear mounted on the biggest f 250 ive seen in a loong time!!!
1976 f250 cab and front half chassis f350 rear with dualies 36" sleeper 5'6" toolboxes 3'tray behind that bout 22' all up just to pull stuff on to to trailer :twisted:
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