The fairlead has arrived from Bavid Bowyer. Less than 48hrs – not a bad turn-round time. Naturally, the securing bolts god a good coating of copper grease, and I gave the back of the frame (where it sist against the winch mount) a liberal coating too to prevent any possibilty of corrosion. I have also […]
Winch and Timing Case Breather
I have fitted a mod to the fuel pump plate on the front of the timing case – it now has a breather to prevent water being sucked in through the crank pulley seal when the casing cools down while wading (brass fitting and coiled black plastic pipe visible adjacent to rad bottom hose). I […]
Front End
The winch mount has been finished and fitted, along with a repaint of the bumper. The mount and bumper were etch primed, blacke enamelled and sprayed with a thick coat of matt black stone guard. The relocated winch mount now sits back far enough for the winch not to foul the bull bar and should […]
Winch Mount Mods
The winch plate has been cut to fit. The bolt holes will now accept the bumper bolts (rather than a second set of bolts 45mm ahead of the bumper bolts as per Bearmach’s fitment), so the mount will be secured directly to the chassis. This was achieved by removing the strip from the underside which […]
Winch Mount Alteration
I had a go at trial fitting the winch bikini mount, together with the winch and bullbar, to see how much alteration may be needed. As I said before, the winch mount was going to need some work for it to fit in a more secure fashion than Bearmach seem to find acceptable (attached to […]
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