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    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    well, its all piped up and running - it took a day and a half incl. taking the rear floor out- my rear floor is not std and is held in with lots of m6 csk stainless screws- seems to be fine. Routing the pipework took some considerable effort though . the 12v change-over valve works fine although I'm suprised how warm the electromagnetic coil gets after maybe 15mins use. The winch cable that came with the MM is a bit long and completely fills the drum when payed on evenly so todays job is to swap front and rear winch cable- front is 120' rear must be 150' or so to allow some space for build up to one side of the drum.

    Mk 2 mount will probably include a deep-dish drum at least ,with a longer drum if I can get a shaft made at a reasonable price.

    Will be interesting to see how it pulls compared to the front which is a Fairey mech winch converted to hydraulic drive :)

    Cheers

    Steveb

    Baltic Land Rover Meeting 2008.

    in Getting out and about

    Posted

    Hi Zuz,

    Looks like it could be a nice rally/ gathering, I reckon the 400km of greenlaning would be fun too . Are you thinking of doing it after the Ladoga next year..would be a nice wind down after a week of trophy racing.

    Looks like about 1000km each way to get there and back so not too far away.

    cheers

    Steveb

    Lucky man....

    in International Forum

    Posted

    Anyone else got a copy of the Land Rover Directory he published in the late eighties??

    Yep somewhere on a shelf..it was only done one year IIRC , good idea at the time.

    All power to him , very green to rework rather than crush 'em and make new from new materials

    ..of course it should have been Steveb Industries really :lol:

    cheers

    Steveb

    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    :lol::lol: You know me Pete, hydro is part of my destiny ;) , might end up with electric/hydro back up for the 90(100) if it ever gets finished though :P . Just got my hoses to pipe up the rear winch so looking forward to getting it running. Here are a couple of pic's of the mk1 temporary get it on the back mount, and one of the change over valve...this is electrically operated <_< might need to add 2 batteries and another alternator and some allbrights to run it :P

    Right , off to fit some pipes - and get covered in 46wt hydraulic oil I expect B)

    See you Sunday

    cheers

    Steveb

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    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    my thoughts exactly Lewis,

    When I upgrade the motors on the MM and go to 3/4" hose and a big pump the idea of a dual winch control joystick sounds appealing. Looking forward to getting the basic set up running first though. The joy stick might need some sort of override to lock out the rear winch so it's not unintentionally engaged, maybe even a three way front only/rear only/ both type setup. Back to longer drums ...I'm going to take a shaft to my friendly machine shop to see how much for a couple of longer ones next week so will keep you all posted :)

    cheers

    Steveb

    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    We used a Hanix 1 tonne mini-digger when we built the yard - that had the same lift up arm to escape but had the valve in the base of the lever. When the arm was lifted the mechanism locked the lever in the neutral position, well that was the intention but in practice it was possible to operate the lever with the arm locked upright

    I went to look at a JCB 812 (12tonne) recently and that used hydraulic servo levers on the chair arms

    Sorry Steveb, I'm massively OT

    Not at all Lewis , this side chat about joystick control , leccy and hydro-servo is very interesting and relevant to how we control all that power ;)

    Just finished mk 1 rear mount - I'm sure HFH knows what I mean by mk 1 - will take some pic's in daylight. This one is basically to get it on the 109 to try it with the rest of the system and if I'm happy with it mk 2 will be more involved.. :P ..isn't it always, will mean moving centre/rear fuel tank forwards,changing tank breathers and connecting pipes, winch mount fab in front of rear x-member etc etc

    cheers

    Steveb

    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    [quote name='dollythelw' date='Oct 31 2007, 10:07 AM' post='194082'

    new toy next season though :P more speed, more power, easier to use, less space.

    Any more clues on the new winchs then Jez? are we talking industrial or deepsea fishing winchs? or are you looking at self build? drifting OT a bit but I've been daydreaming about multispeed annular gearbox drive with load sensed gearchanges as a basis for a winch drive for a while....I mentioned using such a set up to my local hydro engineers and he has obviously been thinking about it too cos the chat got very techy very quickly :blink: ...nothing conclusive though.....it's probably just added weight to the rumours that I'm a bit nut's :lol:

    cheers

    Steveb

    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    Hi Jez,

    Hope all is well with you and Protoprincess, are your drums wider on Petals winchs? and what do you think about the mainshaft being heat treated? or possibly even forged on the std winch , it is certainly chunky .

    I can see your point about leccy valves and remote control on Petal for what you do with her , and as you say its very controllable on the loud pedal , is your pump drive 1:1 off the crank with the flailing chains of death :D ?

    Cheers

    Steveb

    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    The winch is the H12 with the type R motor, i used 12mm wall CDS machined down to 6mm at the ends to allow it to slide inside the original tube upto the end plates. I drilled the original tube at 8 points each end, puddle welded through and two main welds in the middle. The shafts we made from scratch. I had alot of trouble drilling the original tube, not sure what grade it is but its very tough.

    Thanks for the replies all , did you heat treat the new shaft Pete? any pics of the shaft before building it in? also did you increase the dia at all to reduce any risk of whip/increase torsional rigidity over the extra length?

    Orgasmic Farmer - a joy stick control- now I hadn't considered that , that is now on the list of options for the 90 ;) would take a bit of practice getting used to it but would be very effective I think

    KKK2 as Luke said I prefer the manual control for proportional control, its what I've been used to for years...maybe I should try someone's truck with leccy valves to see how it feels :P

    Old spot going slightly OT what class did you enter on the Ladoga this year, and with what vehicle? Are you hoping to enter next year?

    thanks again for all the replies , keep it coming :P

    cheers

    Steveb

    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    Hi Pete,

    Thats what I've had in mind, how did you deal with the shaft ? my conclusion was similar to Siwhites , make a new shaft, which is not out of the question. did you use solid bar for the drum and gun drill it or thick wall CDS tube? looks nice Pete however you've done it. What motor is that?

    cheers

    Steveb

    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    Are you worried about not being able to have the pump in gear when in reverse?

    Not with this install on the 109sw as this is my daily drive , when I put the MM's on the 90 it will be a crank driven pump, more suited to challenge/ raid use. The 109 is only used for marshalling playdays and greenlaning/ overland travel(hopefully).... although having said that I'm hoping to enter tourist on next year's Ladoga with it :blink:

    As for twin lever vs change over Si & Luke , I've gone for changeover as I've already got a remote cable operated in/out valve under the floor and felt again because of the overall package a 12v leccy c/o valve would work ok. The 90 will be twin lever for comp use though...aahh I love the smell of a vapour build in the evening :lol: .

    Also & not least this way is relatively cheap to get it up and running to try it out, can always come back to it with an upgrade later.

    Steveb

    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    Hi Josh,

    Yep I'm fine ta , the rear will be off the pto pump and valveblock that powers the front one , switched through a change over valve , so should work well . Having read through the tech archive on here I will also need an overcentre valve to lock the winch in the event of a hose failure.

    see you sunday

    cheers

    Steveb

    Milemarker hydro winch longer drum

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    There are several people on here using MM hydro winchs on here I think, and as I'm installing my rear MM on my 109sw now its made me think about making a longer drum/ driveshaft.

    Have any of you done this and if so how did you mod the drive shaft?

    Another question that I have is do the plastic drum bearings last ok or has anyone replaced (with some machining) these with roller/ball bearings?

    Finally is it worth fitting a grease nipple to the gearbox or does it not need replenishing regularly? and what sort of grease? waterproof might be good :D but what sort of wt?

    cheers

    Steveb

    The interior of a Série 1 of 53 should like?

    in Series Forum

    Posted

    Yep as said above yellow/red/black the freewheel t/box stopped in 1950 when the yellow knob 2wd/4wd t/box started. It should also have a very cute small oval dash with speedo, fuel, amp meter and ignition/headlight switch. Engine should be the 2 litre F head . The seat cushions locate in the seat box with 2 rubber bungs :lol: Land Rovers were nice and basic back then.

    The spare wheel was a optional extra back then too :P

    Lovely vehicle for there time tho and iconic now

    Cheers

    Steveb

    Odd 6 wheeler on ebay

    in International Forum

    Posted

    Yeah Missingsid , it was definately one of those " I can't believe I'm doing this" moments , still with me 18 years on . My mate whose truck it is now has 6 explorers and some other nice toys incl GMC 6x6's and a couple of thornycroft Antars.

    Bill - a difflocked Pioneer now that would take some stopping :lol: .....I did have some rather bad thoughts about agri tyres on it when we were playing , bargrips are still bargrips no matter how big they are B)

    cheers

    Steveb

    Odd 6 wheeler on ebay

    in International Forum

    Posted

    I came across an old Scammell Extractor in a farmyard near me a few months ago , they are a 6x6 civvy truck I think . It looked early '60's . If anyone is interested could go back with a camera and take some pic's. I had a drive of an Explorer offroad hillclimbing and bumps a few years ago - awesome machine.

    Cheers

    Steveb

    24V alternator Question

    in International Forum

    Posted

    Hi Hendrik,

    don't know how to do linky thing but there is a thread on here somewhere from Petergg showing his 36v alt install ....this was a 24v upped to 36v nominal.. I think it has such luxuries as greasable bearings too

    ..certainly works well B) . As for sourcing Ithink these are fitted to coachs etc but might be wrong.....coach alternators are made up to 300a + @24v, chunky tho.

    cheers

    Steveb

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