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tommy-t · Joined: 17 Aug 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Ennnis, Ireland

i hope i have this in the right section, but could anybody help with best position on fitting winch, before i fabricate i was hoping one of you lads might have fitted one before, it would be great if a picture could be shown all the best for now

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delboy · Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 154 Location: Sheffield

Tommy Hi ,

Try having a look on the Aussie site as some of them have winches fitted.

Derek.

strangerover · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 18:44 Post subject:

well

I have seen bodge jobs and nice tidy jobs.....

drop me an email address and I'll send you some info....
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Lewis · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:43 Post subject:

strangerover · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 17:33 Post subject:

Oh well

here is a naked front showing what you have to work with

and this is the neatest install I can find

can some one please make me one of the above units please ??
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huwbertus · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 108 Location: Gwynedd

why not have a plate welded accross the mounting arms to act as a sumpguard. Or have it made frome round section steel as those blade like edges could be a problem.

strangerover · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 0:33 Post subject:

I have a better bolt in idea BUT not the equipment or know how to do myself...

have plates made that spread the load out over bull bar and bash plate mounting points and also into the chassis leg sections...

about 8 - 10 bolts over a relatively large area.

I don't see a problem with the side profile of the bar used by that guy in Oz...

his approach angle is the same as standard Bullbar and he has had no problems with it...

if your thinking about pedestrians..... it has a winch.... thats enough to sort them out if its held on by knives or round padded bar makes no odds, a winch will seriously injur or kill a pedestrian if involved in a collision.
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Duracell Bunny · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:17 Post subject:

Ah.............

But would knives get through the Mot.........????????

I bet padded bars would though....... Laughing

tommy-t · Joined: 17 Aug 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Ennnis, Ireland

thanks for that lads i got some nice ideas ,one more thing,do i need to change my front shocks to accomendate for the weight , all the best

strangerover · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 23:10 Post subject:

your front would sag, thats down to the torsion bars so uprated ones tweekd up may be called for
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Tink82 · Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 24 Location: Shropshire

Just an idea... how about mounting the winch under the floor and running the cable to the front or back. I've seen it done on Defenders for rear winch setups and when its done well it looks great.

Is there anywhere suitable to secure a small unit under the Deli? you can buy the cable rollers for about £20 and weld them somewhere securely at the front.

strangerover · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:09 Post subject:

That idea works on the defender due to it having a separate chassis and the engine and box being quite lifted up.

I the Delica its a monocoque and the box and engine are very low down,
I have looked at this idea but so far can't see a usable option thats very neat.

I measured a Winch plate and they are 600mm wide and 230mm deep,
so if you bolt one onto the front of the vehicle it will stick out 230mm from the bumper (thats assuming you have removed the bullbar.)

The other idea is a tow bar mounted winch on the rear when needed... but for the price of that set up a Turfer is a cheaper more usable option....

I'm sort of thinking of getting a big turfer ... about £400 worth....
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Ozklee · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 133 Location: Sydney Australia

If you're concerned about the protrusion of the roller fairleads then get the Hawse fairleads instead (basically a flat plate with a smooth slot for the winch rope). The Hawse fairleads are available for both steel & synthetic ropes and are the chosen type for comp trucks & rock crawlers here in Oz as they don't have the problem of jamming when filled with mud & grit.

Here is a link ARB Hawse fairlead

I'll be getting my roller one replaced with one of these soon because I don't like the protrusion with the roller fairlead & the Hawse will also look a lot nicer.

Cheers
Ozklee 8-)