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Offline Mozman68

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« on: December 07, 2006, 07:46:12 PM »
My PowerPlant comes in tomorrow....I wonder who'll be ditching work early to go pick that and the new front bumper up???

ME...that's who.... :twisted:
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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2006, 11:25:32 PM »
You lucky dog.  

I got to fix my door latch rods, I think.
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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2006, 05:30:58 AM »
Of course you realize that we expect a complete review. :lol:
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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2006, 07:07:49 AM »
I think the only thing I'll be reviewing is the air compressor...the winch is their standard 9.5ti.

It'll be a "stock" winch now, but I think I'll be adding an additional 5 gallon tank to it if I'm convinced that it will run some basic air tools....would have been so cool to impact on some lug nuts this past weekend....first three Jeeps up a hill broke either and axle or shafts or u-joints...what a mess.
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« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2006, 05:56:12 PM »
The PowerPlant is in da house....and it weighs more than a mofo....

I'm 99% positive that I will spend every waking moment tomorrow installing my new front bumper and the winch...so look for pictures tomorrow night!! :twisted:
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It is done...here are the pics.
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2006, 10:36:53 AM »
Well...finally finished up the bumper and winch this morning and everything looks great...here are the pics:

Before...what a sad Jeep...




Went to the hardware store and upgraded to grade 8 bolts for everything.  There was an interference issue with the bracket holding on the front sway bar, but I figured a heavy bumper bolted on top of it would hold it just fine (KOZ must assume you have an aftermarket swaybar installed??).  The bumper lined up with the bottom bolts, but the top was off slightly...nothing a little drilling couldn't fix.




Here is the after shot...needed another trip to the hardware store for longer grade 8 bolts for the winch....I guess Warn doesn't think the bumper and plate will be that thick on an aftermarket bumper!!  It all work out in the end.




Here's a close up of the winch...spool conttrol on the right as usual and a winch/air compressor control on the left.




Here is a close-up of the winch/air selector...doesn't get much more simpler than that!




Here is the right side of the winch where you access the air....ruber cover protects the coupling.




The air cover off exposing the access to the air coupling.  The winch comes with a coiled hose and tire inflator.  I also bought the accessory pack with an additional extension holes, tire deflators and a tire inflator with gauge.





Pretty standard hook-up to the battery, bu the compressor requires a hose to be routed inside the engine compartment to feed it air (highlighted in this pic)...has a filter on top to keep everything neat.




Last but not least, the controller...winch in and winch out switch on top with light in case of overheating (the winch is their standard 9.5ti thermometric)...kind of hard to see because it's black, but the switch near the bottom is an on/off switch for the compressor.



Everything works, but haven't had a chance to really test it out yet.  We'll see how the air holds up before I decide to add an additional tank.
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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2006, 11:11:49 AM »
Looks nice.
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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2006, 03:18:07 PM »
nice 8)
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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2006, 03:36:35 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2006, 04:11:57 PM »
Looks pretty good.

What does it say about weather protection? Where is the air inlet? Does it have an air cleaner? Does is come in colors?

I'd suggest that you place some spot welds around the bolt heads. And get different size/shape bolt heads. This would keep the winch/bumper around a lot longer as many thieves don't carry a large variety of tools with them. The frame bolts should be 1/2x13. I have a metric head and a standard head up top and both have spot welds on a corner of the hex and kept the stock torx underneath.
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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2006, 05:35:42 PM »
Quote from: "jagular7"
Looks pretty good.

What does it say about weather protection? Where is the air inlet? Does it have an air cleaner? Does is come in colors?

I'd suggest that you place some spot welds around the bolt heads. And get different size/shape bolt heads. This would keep the winch/bumper around a lot longer as many thieves don't carry a large variety of tools with them. The frame bolts should be 1/2x13. I have a metric head and a standard head up top and both have spot welds on a corner of the hex and kept the stock torx underneath.


See the pics above about the air inlet.....

It is bolted from the bottom and would be nearly impossible to get at without extensions to get through the bumper in the front.  This is Grand Rapids...I'm not worried. :lol:
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« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2006, 07:23:15 PM »
Quote from: "jagular7"
Looks pretty good.



I'd suggest that you place some spot welds around the bolt heads. And get different size/shape bolt heads. This would keep the winch/bumper around a lot longer as many thieves don't carry a large variety of tools with them. The frame bolts should be 1/2x13. I have a metric head and a standard head up top and both have spot welds on a corner of the hex and kept the stock torx underneath.


wow were do you live.. im glad theft isn't that big were i live... especially since my jeep spends most of its time parted in the grass in the side yard... right were i can see it at night from my bedroom so if anyone try's anything at night ill at least know if they are messing with my jeep or not. (my house has got egged  this year.. and my s10 got iced last winter..)
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« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2006, 07:51:31 PM »
Looks good Mozman. Hope you don't mind. My wife got me Photoshop CS2 as an early Christmas gift and I'm learning how to use it.

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« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2006, 08:29:15 PM »
oooo....looks like a solid gold winch....

Mine's parked in a garage (double bay for the wife's Commander and all the toys and I get the third garage for my stuff!!).  I had such a hard time getting it on, I'm not sure how easy it would be to get off...especially the hook pin (I had to use a small sledge).

btw...the winch weighs 100 pounds!!  Good luck getting enough leverage to pry it off. :lol:
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« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2006, 08:51:30 PM »
Quote from: "dexetr30"
Looks good Mozman. Hope you don't mind. My wife got me Photoshop CS2 as an early Christmas gift and I'm learning how to use it.


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