how to make an power wind up mechanism for jayco swan camper

thanx laurie

a cordless drill set up wont work due to the weight of the roof setup. thanks anyway

i know there would be a way to do it as you only got to convert the similar method of unwrapping a camper trailer and they have plenty of weight and travel required for the unit to flip over.

thanx anyway mick

Mick,

What about one of those 12v tyre wrenches (Shentia impact wrench)

Cheers Kev

hi allan - can you email me some photos of it thanks. any other details on a sticker or label etc would be great and even the details where you bought the penguin?? anything to start me off in the right direction would be great.

v8footy@hotmail.com

thanks mick

Hi Allan

Me too please. I've been looking at replacing the winch with an electric boat winch but most of them are freewheeling out.

Mike

mikec@bluesky.com.au

hey boc what ever happened to reading the whole question before answering it? as i said, the one i have seen could work in either mode - manual or powered. that i presume caters for those circumstances you mention.

thanks for your input though. it is something that i am sure someone hasn't thought of before when doing something similar.

i was thinking of an external power unit with a square arm off it that fits into the slot where the winder goes. so being external and portable keeps it simpler. then powering it off the back of the car via a trailer plug or similar. i think that would work as if there is an elec fault then, you would be pretty buggered with the car staying pretty well put. and if you wanted to you could just stick the normal winder arm in the slot and off you go.

as i said before i am just thinking ahead as i have an injured back which limits me. so anything that can make it a little easier would be good. dont want to change vans as this one suits our other needs and is so roomy for the 5 of us and great airflow for those hot days/nights.

thanks for your thought cheers mick