Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Thanks folks, I am going to, or I have already mounted the hawse fairlead to the winch plate. Adding more steel, from a fabricator would be costly and added weight.

Thanks, you helped me make my decision.

AndriesS wrote:Still not, maybe one of the admins can shed light on it?

uploaded the photos this time to the post and added to the post inline...hopefully that works

AndriesS wrote:I can't see your pics?

I hope that works

Anyone?

289618d1448409532-nissan-patrol-y61-winch-mount-tray-dimensions-y61-winch-3-jpg.jpg 20161120_090734.jpg So I have my m8000 finally rebuilt, and going to upgrade the solenoids to Albright DC contactors since the original factory wiring is overly complex. Been a while, as I have been lazy and getting...

Ok .....most deep cycle batteries only do 300 cycles.... Mabe try a normal spare maint free chrank battery and see what happens it charges must faster but doesn't want to be drained below 11v I am going to try this, a friend of mine who is a long term user of auxiliary batteries in 4wds has done th...

If your frige swiches of at 10.5v then you can use a high cycle agm also and it needs the same voltage as a crank battery around 13.8 v to 14v I :oldtimer: The ARB fridge I have has a 3 shut offs. I have left it on Medium setting which translates to shut off at 11.4V and restart at 12.2V The optima...

I was thinking of LiPo4 battery as well, but the charging requirements increases the amount of electronics, which I don't want to go down, as that would be more points of failure.

What are the charging requirements for Lead cristal?

Optima yellowtop are deepcycle. Full charge is 13.1v....i now get to 12.6v max. The battery lives on a custom mount attached to the chassis rail. The dual battery management is piranha. The ctek is a smart AC charger. I chose against the CTEK smartpass as it only has 50C operating temperature. The p...

Ho folks. I have just checked amps stamped from the alternator...and my mistake or misinformation from workshop manual. It is 110amp.

Now what do i do?

The washer bottle as a fuel supply is brilliant.