@FJBen: I came across a low res scan of it when I dove down the rabbithole of EU spec pick up striping. I wouldn't know where to begin to look for it again, but I'm 90% certain it was a French market brochure (the other 10% would be Swiss). Other than that, I've come across two other 75 pick ups...
Nice, I considered one of those, but I have a weird nostalgia about the crappy plastic Warn OEM cover, so I ordered a new one of those instead. Of course your issue now is that the solenoid cover makes the winch and truck grille look dull, so when do you stop polishing? ;)
I hand sanded with 400 and 800 grit to get rid of the paint flakes the stripper didn't remove, followed with metal polishing wheels on a handheld drill, a kit a bit similar to this but smaller diameter wheels:
I bypassed the first coarse disc that is meant to remove material so you get a...
That's exactly what I did, gave it a 3 stage polish, had to get rid of some paint residue and powdery aluminium oxidation anyway. Not quite a mirror finish, but close. It should develop a nice even satin finish in a year or so that's low maintenance and easy to clean.
Not sure, they feel more like plastic with some sort of metallic flake to them. Once I remove them from their adhesive backing to apply I should be able to tell by looking at the back. With regards to the OEM stickers, they were great, easily some of the best I've come across and I've had quite...
I received them a while back but haven't gotten around to applying them. I'd describe the quality as "useable", certainly nowhere near the metallic Warn OEM decals. Better than nothing I guess, but for those ordering from outside the US not really worth the total cost. I'll try to take a side by...
Yes, it seems the few small producers threw in the towel, I'll update this thread when I've received the Collins Bros set. I hope they're good quality, but I'm already quite certain they won't be as good as the original Warn ones.
@bwesty SMG no longer produces them and Warn can only supply newer versions. They sent me a set free of charge, but I really wanted the correct ones for my 1980 model.
I did, they only have the new ones and offered to send me a set but never did. Didn't bother contacting them again since it's the old style I really want anyway.
Does anyone know of a source for a set of vintage 8274 decals for my 1980 model? A few people here used to reproduce these but sadly no longer don't. The last source for these that I know of is user Mojojeeper, but his PM inbox is full. He stopped listing them on eBay and I haven't been able to...
I've been rebuilding a 1980 8274 and am at the point of looking how to install it on my '88 BJ75. To start, I can find surprisingly little images of winch mount plates for the 8274 on a 70 series. Are there companies out there selling these? I'll probably end up fabbing one from scratch since I...
@gilmorneau: thanks for the insight. I did some further digging myself, but it's hard to find images showing the plug type, so rather than chance it (at what I consider crazy prices for a simple switch), I'll happily solder a new plug onto my wiring harness. Maybe change the bulb for a 24V if...
@Bronevichok: thanks for the tip! I must confess I didn't think to check the catalog, all 70 series I've seen in Belgium had the lighted variant throughout the years, didn't even know there was a non lighted type. Mine is an imported work truck, so makes sense.
Over $100 shipped... ouch...