Repco Winch

Submitted: Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 12:43
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Been a bit of discussion on these. Thought I'd share my experience so far:

Bought one yesterday for $699 on special. Plan to install it on by ARB bullbar on the '05 'Lux. Confirmed with the store manager first that if it didn't fit in easily, I could return it for a refund. No problem, provided it is complete and still in new condition.

The bad news. It won't go straight on without some work.

New holes will need to be drilled in the fairlead. Also I don't think the control box will fit where they have provided for. Don't think there is enough room and the plug for the remote cable will be difficult to get to.

Other than that I don't see any problems (so far).

The new holes won't be a problem. I'll drill them so that I can use two of the mounting bolts for the winch for the fairlead. May have to buy longer bolts, but only a few $.

I'd probably mount the control box in a different place anyway to get it up higher away from water. Don't know where yet as it is pretty crowded in the engine bay. I'll also have to extend the leads from the control box to the winch.

Other than that is looks pretty simple, although I haven't installed it yet. I'll do that in the next week or so when I can arrange some help. It is a bit heavy to do on my own.

Spoke to the owner of a small local 4WD shop. He confirms that they are the same winch as many of the 'name brands' which are imported from China. Says only a few months ago he was paying $650 for them wholesale. He now pays $599, but says while they are $699 at Repco, he will recommend that his customers buy from Repco to get the extended warranty and 'comfort' of buying from a big company. He will just make his money on the installation.

He recommended that I don't strip it down to grease and waterproof it. Reckons that I might void the warranty; and a 3 year (even conditional) is worth more than any work I can do myself. Reasonable advice I think.

Hopefully I'll get it in OK. I'll check it all out fully before drilling any holes so I can get my money back if necessary.
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