Disco 300Tdi. Winch And Bumper.... Fitting

[Rabbithunter 456]

Just picked up a nice little deal on a 12000lb winch and bumper..

 

Couple of questions re. Fitting.

 

I can see it mounts exactly the same as the original bumper mounts... but will i need to drill bigger holes through the chassis?

 

Do i just fit the cables straight onto the batrery or will i neee to rig up a 2nd battery. I wont be doing any extreme winching... just the odd time when stuck/bellied

 

Does anybody fancy doing it for me

[Chid 6,540]

the bumpers just use the standard size bolts and wire the winch direct to the origanal battery

[jack lee 137]

for what its worth mate,buy yourself a deep cell battery,but aye why listen to me mate,im only a landrover mechanic,and work on these things 5 bloody days a week,atb jack

[Chid 6,540]

for what its worth mate,buy yourself a deep cell battery,but aye why listen to me mate,im only a landrover mechanic,and work on these things 5 bloody days a week,atb jack

would be a good idea

(if your none running trying to winch yourself out you will take a lot out of a normal battery)

[Rabbithunter 456]

Well ive got it rigged up.

 

Couldnt remove original bolts be either ratchet.,spanner or airline so had to grind em out.

 

It took a bit of holding into place, pleased me mate has a garage with all the tools had to have one of us each end and trolley jack in the middle and me underneath putting the bolts in.... done now anyway.

 

Wired straight to battery through an isolator.

 

I only plan on using it with the engine running so should be fine... and as a bonus i can now use the hi lift jack on the front end