WARN 8274...show what ya got!

[toy_tek]

My buddy and I are in the middle of tag-teaming three 8274 rebuilds, the top one is the first one I finished and mounted on my 62. Mid 70's I think. the second one is late 70s. Interesting how a few of the parts changed into the 80s (which is the latest we have). For the brake linings, one of them had a handful of individual phenolic pucks instead of the rings. As mentioned a posts back, Autozone currently has the best prices for the Warn parts, which surprised me. Pretty simple to rebuild, just cleaning stuff up seems to take the most time.

 

[OPMACHINE]

 

[gnob]

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is this NOS or resto?

 

[OPMACHINE]

@gnob it is a NOS 1979. I pulled it out of the box a few pages back.

 

[gnob]

this one is not NOS

went after this one knowing the motor had a problem. i have another motor in my container and will inevitably buy a hot rod motor at some point. bones are good. unfortunately missing the lock plate inside if anyone has one. it did come with a remote as well. paid like 225$ and a couple hours in the car.
this ended up being a little bit of fůckery because allegedly there are no square nuts here
guys ended up just cutting the bumper off
my other one en route is also a 1980, 152xxx January build.

 

[pb4ugo]

I found square nuts at Ace hardware.

 

[gnob]

I found square nuts at Ace hardware.

find them in paraguay

 

[aztoyman]

I've seen what your finished 8274's look like so I know there's hope for that one. How difficult is it for any of us (or a business) to ship stuff to you? Does stuff "get lost" or will it make it to you?

 

[gnob]

ive been lucky enough to have never had anything lost in shipping. ever.
i pay by the kilogram for stuff down here, so it can get expensive. it comes from an address i use in Miami.
there are slow boat options as well but it's months vs weeks time wise.

 

[Godwin]

Dragging a dead VW GTI around today. I found this winch on an old full size Bronco that was for sale, the Bronco was for sale. I called the owner and asked if he would sell the winch separately, he said yes for $75. I was willing to go $100. Score. Got it for cheap, but not cheap. Ca. $800 later with rebuild, new contactor, motor, cover, hand control (went with the cheaper 3 pin), and cable. Great winch.