TWT -- The Wrenching Thread (2 Viewers)

[GLTHFJ60]

I never thought before to fuse the winch, but now i'm considering it for the next install.

A fuse on the winch is to protect from wire abrasion through the jacket (like what happened to you) but primarily it's to prevent the vandal from bridging terminals on the winch motor, or from one of the solenoids failing and causing a current draw when the winch is not being used. I assumed it was a good idea based on the horror stories I've read of vandals messing with people's winches.

 

[elkaholic]

Agree with Stan on his call. Warn sells a kit and it is standard with their CE approved winches.

The Warn M12000 that came from the factory on my Power Wagon is fused at the battery.

One last point of reference - Superwinch has for years included a high amp circuit breaker as a part of their winch packages ....

 

[concretejungle]

I am now more and more of a believer that fusing all wires to accessories is a good idea.

@Cruiserdrew , really hammered that in on my last trip out west that all fuses should be at the battery.. of which i'm about 75% there. My worst right now is my air compressor that is in the rear... it's fused at the compressor and not at the battery.

So that is on the to-do list when i clean up my wiring soon.

 

[NCFJ]

I am old school with this kind of stuff. Practical experience with a fair amount of boat wiring has also led to how I wire a truck as well. Early on I worked for a company that builds trash trucks, basically hook the trash body and all systems to a cab over frame. Most also had snow plows put on at the same time. I did all the mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems with another guy. Any major electrical item that was not full time was isolated with a solenoid, for all the same reasons we are talking about here.

 

[Rice]

Blue sea circuit breakers only go up to 200A. Do I need a 900A+ fuse/circuit breaker because my batteries can put out 930 CCA (each)?
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Systems-Surface-Circuit/dp/B007P5UNNW/



That's what I was thinking too.

Their common breakers stop at 200A but they do have 300A fuses. You do not want to have 900 Amp circuit protection.

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Syst...=1448387363&sr=8-1&keywords=300+amp+mega+fuse

http://assets.bluesea.com/files/res...de_to_Blue_Sea_Fuses_and_Circuit_Breakers.pdf

 

[NCFJ]

Like most of us, I think, making brake lines is a matter of breaking out one of these

and making some flares. Generally not all that much fun. A couple years back I saw one of these at Darin's shop, Eastwood has them on sale right now at a good price so I went for it. It can also do 37 degree AN fittings flair with additional turret wheel.

 

[NCFJ]

Makes doing this much more enjoyable. This might well be a tool the club should buy as most of the hard lines for 40s and 60s are not available. The 10mm X 1.0 nuts are also available, Summit has them in stock.

Onur is getting me the OEM brake line to frame brackets. I have not found aftermarket clamps that will accept the 8mm bolt. Drilling or reaming them out is a PIA. Not using the LSVP in this system, adding a proportioning valve at the MC.

 

[roadstr6]

Nice work Stan!

 

[krzyabncanuck]

I have used the heck out of mine. I love it. Can do a great flare in 2 seconds.

 

[NCFJ]

I am right there with you. Takes all the hassle out of making flares.

 

[NCFJ]

I found about a pound and a half of sand between both front foot well, rust to go with it. This is why I reffuse to drive on the beach.

 

[jfz80]

Kind of wrenching .... I did actually have to bolt them up as they were coming off the balancer. Big thanks to Mike at Blackmon Imports for squeezing me in to test out his new equipment !

315 BFG at on FJC 17" steelies

 

[RedHeadedStepChild]

Damn, that's a good looking truck.

 

[tgadd]

Damn, that's a good looking truck.

Agreed.

 

[jfz80]

Ha. Thanks guys. She wears her Canadian heritage with pride so don't look too close

On the move to make more stockish in appearance. Tires and wheels were a start..... Kinda looking at 2.5" springs as it's an inch shorter now and still an inch too tall for my skinny jeans lol

But more light wrenching. Installed front runner brackets on the wind cheetah rack and followed up with an Arb awning. Had ordered the front runner 6-8 wks ago but no update on their availability even from mfg so canceled and went with this one. Hey it matches too

Way easier than washing it

 

[RedHeadedStepChild]

On the move to make more stockish in appearance. Tires and wheels were a start..... Kinda looking at 2.5" springs as it's an inch shorter now and still an inch too tall for my skinny jeans lol

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What springs are in it now?
What is your time-frame for the change?
What are you r plans for the current springs - Rear in particular?

 

[jfz80]

No time frame. As money allows so at least 3 years lol. That's the hard part... Accepting the fact I'll have to pay to lower a cruiser!


Stock springs now f/r just in SOA arrangement. Rears are particular to the 45 so I might be inclined to keep em. I would thing they might be too long for the jalopy for stock hangar locations. That and you'd need to remove half the leaves. It's an 11 leaf pack!

55rears come up occasionally and may be a good fit for you. But I'll keep you posted if anything starts shaping up here.

 

[RedHeadedStepChild]

From the conversations I've had, the 45 springs are the way to go - and yes leaf count needs to be reduced if you hope to get any suspension movement.

 

[joyRidaz]

Finally received my NC title after procrastinating during my 1.5 yrs of ownership. Luckily no funny business showed up during the theft/fraud inspection, since I've done a fair bit to make it better since it arrived undrivable on a trailer.

 

[tpham32]

All shiny, part of me just wants to clear it and be done.

No kidding, this was last year when I did my axle rebuild. If I had a show cruiser, I definitely would just clear it and run with it.