08-29-2012, 09:08 PM
It was getting too dark to get some good pics tonight but I got several to show what it looks like now.
Here is how it sits in the garage. This is the finished front bumper. I really like how it turned out. If anything, I may add a bull bar hoop to the front - not pre-runner style, more like a cactus smasher. It is braced multiple times on the back/bottom side. The winch is mounted to 3/8" and the two side supports are also 3/8". I bought the fat clevis mounts that take a 3/4" clevis.
I tore the winch down only to find that it just had some surface rust that needed cleaning. All of the internals looked new so I put new lube in it and cleaned it up. I also replaced the winch plug with a 4 pin trailer plug since the old one was rusted and broken. I may end up going back and adding an in-cab switch to run the winch, but that can always be done later.
Here is how it sits in the garage. This is the finished front bumper. I really like how it turned out. If anything, I may add a bull bar hoop to the front - not pre-runner style, more like a cactus smasher. It is braced multiple times on the back/bottom side. The winch is mounted to 3/8" and the two side supports are also 3/8". I bought the fat clevis mounts that take a 3/4" clevis.
I tore the winch down only to find that it just had some surface rust that needed cleaning. All of the internals looked new so I put new lube in it and cleaned it up. I also replaced the winch plug with a 4 pin trailer plug since the old one was rusted and broken. I may end up going back and adding an in-cab switch to run the winch, but that can always be done later.
'74 Grocery Getter, '73 Project Buggy, '77 Parts Rig
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