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thomas winch motor
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:03 am
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?
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:21 pm
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
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:58 pm
by tna racing
i'd get it re-bound. they are simular bindings to a chev startor motor
Re: thomas winch motor
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:47 pm
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?
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:53 pm
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
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:59 pm
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
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:01 pm
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
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:05 pm
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?
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:29 pm
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
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:52 pm
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
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:53 pm
by cloughy
tna racing wrote:i'd get it re-bound. they are simular bindings to a chev startor motor
They're called windings
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:17 pm
by RoldIT
... and, if you get it working, it'll be sloooooooooooooooow!
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:06 pm
by cloughy
RoldIT wrote:... and, if you get it working, it'll be sloooooooooooooooow!
Wrong
It'll be damn SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:40 pm
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:30 pm
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
Just don't expect it to happen quickly
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:39 pm
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
