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Great post, I read this yesterday but rebuilt my older 8274 last year. I used a mix of tranny fluid and synthetic oil as the lube - works fine here. I have a big wide workspace ont he front of my truck so I decided to have the drum chopped from 3 inches wide to 1.5 inches and had it lengthened 4 inches as well. It should pull very well now and could get alot of rope on there. As it sits now I have 125 feet of masterpull on it. I also lengthened the fairlead by 4 inches.
To fasten the rope I use a double clove hitch on the drum, then thread the rope through the hole, I also use a rope sheath for the rope that sits on the drum. I have never had the rope slip - works great.
Tomorrow I will put a drain plug and fill plug in it, will also replace the motor with a hopped up version next year = speed things up a bit with the narrow drum. Probably add a remote as well - don't like scratching the hood of my truck.
Here are some pics.
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