AlabamaDan
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Ok, so I finally bought a used winch. It's a Mile Marker E9000 and I got it at a good price. Took it home last night, temporarily hooked it up to the battery, hooked up the remote and it worked. I was able to freespool out some cable, reverse out some cable, then (with leather gloves on) carefully reel it back in making sure that I had it neatly on the spool.
Now for the stupid questions:
Is there a specific way to mount this? Should the cable come off the top of the spool or the bottom. Technically it looks like it would mount forward or backward and the only difference is how the cables comes off.
I read somewhere about making sure the motor drain hole is pointed downward so that water can drain out after a water crossing. Can anyone eloborate on that?
What type of maintenance and inspecting should I do?
The cable looks pretty good from what I've seen, i.e. no rust or kinks. I plan to spool it all the almost way out looking from damage and stuff. If I go too far am I up a creek or is it attached on the end? Should I spray it with something like WD-40 when I put it back to protect it from rust?
The drum(?) thing on the side opposite the motor is very greasy. Should it be? Should I clean it up and apply new grease?
What about the motor? How should it be maintained? Should I take the cover off and look at anything or just leave it alone?
I was going to apply dielectric grease to the electrical connections, which reminds me. Do I connect it directly to the battery? If so how? I was thinking about using the side terminal connectors for the winch and then just leaving the top connectors for normal. (That is if I have side terminals, I don't even know.)
I've tried searching for threads on installation and maintenance of winchs and couldn't find anything.
Thanks ahead of time.
Now for the stupid questions:
Is there a specific way to mount this? Should the cable come off the top of the spool or the bottom. Technically it looks like it would mount forward or backward and the only difference is how the cables comes off.
I read somewhere about making sure the motor drain hole is pointed downward so that water can drain out after a water crossing. Can anyone eloborate on that?
What type of maintenance and inspecting should I do?
The cable looks pretty good from what I've seen, i.e. no rust or kinks. I plan to spool it all the almost way out looking from damage and stuff. If I go too far am I up a creek or is it attached on the end? Should I spray it with something like WD-40 when I put it back to protect it from rust?
The drum(?) thing on the side opposite the motor is very greasy. Should it be? Should I clean it up and apply new grease?
What about the motor? How should it be maintained? Should I take the cover off and look at anything or just leave it alone?
I was going to apply dielectric grease to the electrical connections, which reminds me. Do I connect it directly to the battery? If so how? I was thinking about using the side terminal connectors for the winch and then just leaving the top connectors for normal. (That is if I have side terminals, I don't even know.)
I've tried searching for threads on installation and maintenance of winchs and couldn't find anything.
Thanks ahead of time.