[Cruiserdrew]

Originally Posted by IBCRUSN

much slower if at all and no power.

On the up side you could be the first to convert your cruiser to a 24v system (imagine a dual battery setup). By the time you go through that hassle and expense you might as well mount up a 24v Warn, Superwinch, Ramsey and have an electric motor that was mfg in the last year or two instead of 50+ years ago.

If you go that route make a DVD, I'll buy it just to help offset the endevour.

I was thinking the same thing. And to think Eric is teaching the future engineers that will build this country-we are doomed.

Let's get this straight-Eric, you want to adapt a winch, built by some dudes in a barn in Lodi, sometime in the last 50 years, that uses a 60 year old 24 volt airplane starter motor, to the front of your 80, no doubt hacking into a perfectly good ARB bumper. To save $500, you'll spend $750 hacking the ARB, $500 converting to a bastardized 24 volt electrical system, and $1200 when you fry the ECU the first time you use the winch. This is not to mention the $20,000 you'll spend when you burn the entire vehicle to the ground. Be sure to do this outside or it will get even more expensive. Eric, seriously, what are you thinking? Don't be a cheap bastard. Either buy a fully tested Warn winch with modern controls and a NEW motor, or go find another hobby. As a bonus, the mounting holes will even line up with those in the ARB bull bar. Almost like it's designed that way.

But if you do attempt this, I want a copy of the DVD as well.