Got the bikini winch mount from Bearmach today. Dispite being advertised for the SII/III, there is no way of mounting the thing further back so that its bolt holes line up with the bumper bolts. If it wasn’t for the bull bar, I’d just make some tie-strips from 5mm plate with 4 holes, tieing the rear of the mount back to the dumbirions. But with the thickness of the mount, plus the tie strips, the bull bar would be raised 10mm, which is ridiculous. That leaves me with the options of either butt welding some 50mm extensions on each side or just to mount it to the bumper only. At least with the latter, there would be little risk of it ever damaging the chassis as the bumper would fail sacrificially. I’d prefer the extensions, though.
I also plumbed in the Kenlowe Hotstart with some new 5/8″ heater hose, and ordered a new speedo to replace the broken original.
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