Yes it can be done I have added drain plugs to both my 8274's one has a fill plug added in the same manner and the other a filler plug frrom gigglepin for the reasons you have stated above. Mine done for jungle remediation of this problem.
I am installing a new T MAX 18500 (24VOLT Yellow one) winch into my Volvo C304 and I have the winch installed in position however I do not have the wiring diagram as the previous people doing the install removed the remote the wiring (RED/YELLOW/BLACK) and disconnect the winch controller.
All...
This vehicle is used as a daily driver along with my other offroader. Yes you need a shroud on the fan. It blocks a little air. The M8000 will fit in a pickup they put these and the 9000's in Hilux's and other pickups here. If you go out your gotta remember if you put the winch throught eh mud...
I prefer the 8274 its easier to get to in the jungle everyone with a low mount has to remove the bumper then remove the winch just to look at it. 8274 is also higher out of the mud especially the precious motor.
The 8274 like most setups you can change a motor in 25-30 mins. For mine i cut all...
My recovery kit
4 Shackles 2 large and 1 small and 1 extra large and one attached to the winch cable
2 S-hooks
1 20m winch extension strap
1 10m winch extention strap
1 50m wire winch extension cable
2 tree straps (one 5m and one 3m) - you never know when one will break or you have to tow or...
Lol we have 8274 upgraded 2 winches to 6hp fine. Its called field testing. WARN need to get out more lol. Will put a 6hp in the m12000 also in my volvo soon.
I would be shocked to know you could get this stuff like we can get for warn 8274's
E.g. a new warn 6hp motor fits a early model 8274 etc and makes it evil.
Gigglepin make different ratios and shafts for the 8274 . No other models I have seen upgrades for.
Install faster motors
Bigger hp motors and change gearing
Then it might not be 9500 anymore might be more or less.
Then you need really good batteries e g. 120amps not tiny 70's
No more reporting brownbear stopped me posting stories in the 70 section and made me post them in the chit chat which no one reads so no more reporting.
Bad things can happen with god winches if used badly. Including loss of fingers etc and flying steel 11mm cables.
Lunch and a liberal helping of coke and southern comfort then time for work again.
Then it was time for me to do the motor wow also it was clean and just a little rub down with sandpaper. MEans the silicon also worked here.
Then we fixed one sticky carbon.
I put a little grease on the...
After two really hard trips which had the winch under mud and winching hard and then rescuing two vehicles on a "easy" recent trip time to see how the modified WARN 8274 fared. Also mr Metcalfe had noticed we put the spacer in the wrong place as we could not read the gigglepin instructions or...
Careful careful they are fast or slow depends in how you drive it. It has tonnes of power which is the scary part. Also remember winch wenches never ever to let cable slide through hands only feed into winch after recovery with hand over hand and hands visible at all times to driver . final...
I believe so the bolt pattern is only two bolts and its a standard spline pattern. My 8274 had a 2.4 motor and we replaced it with a 6HP motor from a 9.5xp.
The warn guys will correct me. But we have no issue with the new 6HP motor in a old model 8274.