Right, a better day today. No F ups.
Started by milling a bracket out of a piece of solid something or other. It's like a very hard nylon stuff. Bored to fit the rail, then cut the sides back to form the clamp then cut the whole thing in two to make two halves.
Found a bracket (prize for spotting what the bracket is off)
Then mounted the solenoid pack onto the top rail of the bumper. Actually don't mind it there. it's rock solid and easily accessible.
I took time to route the cables tidily. And I have to say that really are tidy this time. Not like SAE's maybe, but nice. On the battery clamps I have replaced the studs with longer posts. Machined to fit and knurled so that they don't spin in the clamp. I made a small copper extension to the main +ve post so that all the smaller tabs can go on their own dedicated connection leaving the big stuff on the main post.
I mounted the remote control unit on the side of the bumper. Seemed such a good fit it would have been rude not to put it there. Stainless bolts.
There was more wrestling with the winch and bumper to get to the cable terminals in the rain, but that's all done now. Here's the remote control handset.
Slightly unusual as it requires a flying lead to be plugged into the solenoid pack. I suppose you could wire it in through the back, but I have the plug hidden down inside the grille. You pop the bonnet and just plug the end into the pack. it's fine. Of course I have the wander lead too.
I figured as I was soaked already and there was nothing on the telly, I'd put my new rope on. It's from English Braids and feels very high quality. In fact it feels more like steel than Dyneema.
I put one of the new alloy ends on.
OK first make a hole in the short end part.
Then take the other end of the rope (100 ' away_ and pass it through the the hole and work it tight. This makes the lock.
I made a thin alloy fid with a rounded end to make threading down the centre easier
Difficult to feed the tail down the middle otherwise
Feed through and come out of the standing part
Then bury the tail down the main rope and pull it all tight.
Put it on the winch and you're done!
Time for a cuppa.