JK1
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so here we go...
I bought a ENGO 10000lb winch and got it last week I have a Rugged Ridge XHD bumper on my jeep just waiting for a winch to complete it. so i mount the solenoid box on top and go to put the winch in..simple.. NOT so simple the wires are tight in the grill so tight that the back of the winch is off the mounting plate in the back by 1/2 inch now im pissed and start recalculating how this is going to work
..I GOT IT i will make plates to put on the front of the frame and mover the bumper out !/4inch... not so easy anyone that has aXHD bumper knows that the nuts that are welded on the inside top for the hoop knows that the sit right up against the lip on the top of the frame rails so now i have to cut them off... after getting this all done and moving the bumper forward i put the winch back in and it is still tight but it fit. I didnt like it cuz there was no way i would ever get the grill off without taking the winch off...
... I GOT IT i will take the solenoid box off the top and put it somewhere else that will give me the room i need to get the grill off and mount my light bar back under the hoop.. but where do i put it. ahhh under the drivers seat i can run the wires down the frame and come in thru the drain hole under the drives seat... nope dont like that idea so under the hood i go try it on the fuse box too high hood wont shut.. how about here
so i go home and think about it all night which i think about my jeep all the time anyway i think someone called it JDD thanks for that write up MTG... anyway i think i will mount it on the OBA plate and use the screw on the front of the ESP brake deal... perfect.. nope it wont work how about the fender i can mount it to the fender BINGO... back to the shop n the morning excited cuz i'm about to do something awesome to my jeep..
here is the bracket we came up with its heavy gauge sheet metal and a peice of flat stock we wielded together after alot of measuring and cutting and recutting
too be continued
I bought a ENGO 10000lb winch and got it last week I have a Rugged Ridge XHD bumper on my jeep just waiting for a winch to complete it. so i mount the solenoid box on top and go to put the winch in..simple.. NOT so simple the wires are tight in the grill so tight that the back of the winch is off the mounting plate in the back by 1/2 inch now im pissed and start recalculating how this is going to work
..I GOT IT i will make plates to put on the front of the frame and mover the bumper out !/4inch... not so easy anyone that has aXHD bumper knows that the nuts that are welded on the inside top for the hoop knows that the sit right up against the lip on the top of the frame rails so now i have to cut them off... after getting this all done and moving the bumper forward i put the winch back in and it is still tight but it fit. I didnt like it cuz there was no way i would ever get the grill off without taking the winch off...
... I GOT IT i will take the solenoid box off the top and put it somewhere else that will give me the room i need to get the grill off and mount my light bar back under the hoop.. but where do i put it. ahhh under the drivers seat i can run the wires down the frame and come in thru the drain hole under the drives seat... nope dont like that idea so under the hood i go try it on the fuse box too high hood wont shut.. how about here
so i go home and think about it all night which i think about my jeep all the time anyway i think someone called it JDD thanks for that write up MTG... anyway i think i will mount it on the OBA plate and use the screw on the front of the ESP brake deal... perfect.. nope it wont work how about the fender i can mount it to the fender BINGO... back to the shop n the morning excited cuz i'm about to do something awesome to my jeep..
here is the bracket we came up with its heavy gauge sheet metal and a peice of flat stock we wielded together after alot of measuring and cutting and recutting
too be continued
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