80 series NOoB winch (and bumper) questions

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landcruiser3DP

landcruiser3DP

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i had someone gift me some stuff recently 🙏🏿 and i was wondering if there is a step by step somewhere for me to test this thing (i'm going to try to find the online owners manual now).
my plan was to slowly take it apart over a couple months and to clean up the contacts and also to replace anything (?) if it's not working? assuming i find something not working? otherwise to just clean it up as best i can.
but first i thought i should hook it up to some 12V power to see if it happens to work and i'm a bit hazy in this department.
i think i can take this semi heavy gauge (?) ring to ring wire and hook one end up to the NEG pole and one end up to a bolt on the winch?
then i could alligator clip one of these other wires to POS pole and clamp it to some other bolt? then i am thinking i pull out the controller and test it?
anyway some questions please.
1. any links or advice? i don't want to weld anything together if i can help it.
2. how do i disconnect these colored boots? what are they called?
3. on the bumper - is it OEM? if so i assume i can take some steel wool to the paint and rattle can paint it? can i take a wire brush to the plastic and also a heat gun and try to clean that up and then paint it?
4. can i put the bumper right in and deal with the winch later? i'm half thinking to pull the ARB my insurance bought for me and to put this thing on.
THANKS

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AgentOrange said:
Even with no load whatsoever, that winch is probably going to pull somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 amps. I'd go with much thicker wire and connect it as the manual says even just to test it
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i was wondering about this. thanks a lot AO.
so i should fabricate something or find some ground strap that is like 00 or 0 gauge or something?
anyway i will try to find it.
also i guess i should clamp it to a sturdy table....?
 
AgentOrange said:
Even with no load whatsoever, that winch is probably going to pull somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 amps. I'd go with much thicker wire and connect it as the manual says even just to test it
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hey AO!
i found this stuff. not sure if it is 00 or 0 or whatever but i can run up to west marine and use thru crimped and buy a couple of terminals.
should i go with ring terminal to ring terminal on both? or is there something else you would advise?

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looks like there is A (black with thin wire), B (red) , C (yellow) and D (black) and a bolt at the "head unit" for lack of a better term.
the bolt at the head unit is loose and the bolt at A (black thin wire) is loose.
so i am guessing (for now) the bolt at the head unit is HOT/POS and A is NEG/GROUND.

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landcruiser3DP said:
hey AO!
i found this stuff. not sure if it is 00 or 0 or whatever but i can run up to west marine and use thru crimped and buy a couple of terminals.
should i go with ring terminal to ring terminal on both? or is there something else you would advise?

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I like having the same ends that they use on the winch, so ring terminals would be great!
 
Theres 2 things you'll need to test to be sure if the winch is going to be functional, the winch solenoid box (the little square inside the plastic cover) and the winch motor itself. The solenoid is pretty cheap to replace, so if that is bad you aren't out too much, and you might want to get an albright solenoid just to be safe and have a known good unit. The motor itself needs a heavy gauge positive to 2 of the 4 poles and a heavy gauge negative to the 4th. The thin wire, I believe, runs from the negative up to the solenoid box.


The instructions here are pretty helpful.

the yellow and black terminals (C & D) from the solenoid don't really matter what pole they go on, if they are reversed the in and out will be swapped.
B will be the red wire coming off the solenoid, and the terminal with the thin black wire off the motor (which should connect to the solenoid box) will have the heavy gauge negative cable.
 
thebrassnuckles said:
Theres 2 things you'll need to test to be sure if the winch is going to be functional, the winch solenoid box (the little square inside the plastic cover) and the winch motor itself. The solenoid is pretty cheap to replace, so if that is bad you aren't out too much, and you might want to get an albright solenoid just to be safe and have a known good unit. The motor itself needs a heavy gauge positive to 2 of the 4 poles and a heavy gauge negative to the 4th. The thin wire, I believe, runs from the negative up to the solenoid box.


The instructions here are pretty helpful.

the yellow and black terminals (C & D) from the solenoid don't really matter what pole they go on, if they are reversed the in and out will be swapped.
B will be the red wire coming off the solenoid, and the terminal with the thin black wire off the motor (which should connect to the solenoid box) will have the heavy gauge negative cable.
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thanks a lot. i'll study that and get back to make sure i am on point. APPRECIATE IT.
 
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