Yup..... I know about Billavista write up.....
Got a call last night , A couple of jeepn buddys were stuck down in a swamp.
So, being I live for this shit. I had to go see if I could help out.
Got there and Tads CJ 7 on 39.5s was up to the frame.. couldnt see the tires.
the other guy not so bad..
ended up chaining a jeep to a tree and hooking his cable to the rear of my jeep so I could drive down the hill in to the swamp. I got as close as i could and pulled my winch rope to the stuck-E. I would pull him about 10 - 20 feet,then free spool a little line so I could be winched back up the hill a little. did this a few times. On the last pull I went to free spool and winch wouldn't stop :shaking:
I went out and pulled the control off and It kept running.... Before I could get the hood open and cut the power to the winch, All the rope had spooed out and started to spool in from the top of the drum. When it pulled all the slack out and came under load the heat from the bind the rope was in on top of the spool and down to the fairlead it poped my rope.... The winch shut down before I could get the power off..... smoke was coming from the solenoid pack....
My Q is could this be a bad solenoid that caused the winch not to shut off ??
I hate to think I burned the motor up... anybody had this prob before?
I'll test the solenoids in a day or so and check the motor out....
Sorry for the spelling and the grammer....
George
Got a call last night , A couple of jeepn buddys were stuck down in a swamp.
So, being I live for this shit. I had to go see if I could help out.
Got there and Tads CJ 7 on 39.5s was up to the frame.. couldnt see the tires.
the other guy not so bad..
ended up chaining a jeep to a tree and hooking his cable to the rear of my jeep so I could drive down the hill in to the swamp. I got as close as i could and pulled my winch rope to the stuck-E. I would pull him about 10 - 20 feet,then free spool a little line so I could be winched back up the hill a little. did this a few times. On the last pull I went to free spool and winch wouldn't stop :shaking:
I went out and pulled the control off and It kept running.... Before I could get the hood open and cut the power to the winch, All the rope had spooed out and started to spool in from the top of the drum. When it pulled all the slack out and came under load the heat from the bind the rope was in on top of the spool and down to the fairlead it poped my rope.... The winch shut down before I could get the power off..... smoke was coming from the solenoid pack....
My Q is could this be a bad solenoid that caused the winch not to shut off ??
I hate to think I burned the motor up... anybody had this prob before?
I'll test the solenoids in a day or so and check the motor out....
Sorry for the spelling and the grammer....
George