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You're generally never going to be pulling consistent high loads for long distances. If you are, you likely didn't prep the recovery correctly. What happens when your pulling high loads for only a fraction of the time.....then the winch goes slack...and then you have to rely on the free load...

Just a quick hour in the shop tonight. I was able to finish up some aluminum mock up bushings for the joints. I am building this setup backwards from the motor mounts. I will be building the crossmember first. Then I will connect the joint housing to the mounting pads on the transfer case...

Thanks Dave, I was wondering. It just seems so sloppy to me to have to add an NPT connection along with another flare fitting of some kind.

My main issue is that most aftermarket proportioning valves are threaded for NPT fittings. Then you have to adapt to a brake line fitting....be it SAE or Metric. That is just a pain in the rear and kinda sloppy...

Any idea on the weight of your old J80? I don't really see a reason to keep the LSPV. I do hate to go to an aftermarket proportioning valve that requires npt conversion fittings..... I do wonder if the factory LSPV will work right with only one input line? I don't see a reason to run twin lines...

Not a ton of progress this weekend, but some. I was able to get most of the big parts cut and fitted for the transfer case crossmember. I made frame plates, cut and fitted the section of box tube, marked the frame for all the needed holes, and made the mounting plates on the transfer...

I'd rather not comment on the adapter cost. I would contact Nick at Rover-Works. It is not a cheap part, but not THAT much worse than what you see from Novak or Advance Adapters. It is a very nice billet aluminum adapter. The LT230 should be pretty interesting. The gearing works out really...

This evening I got the body stripped off the chassis again in preperation for building the transfer case crossmember along with the front half of the exhaust. Those engine mounts that can pivot came in handy. I needed to lift the back of the transfer case to provide enough space to pull out...

Nothing amazing.... But the motor mounts are now welded and installed on the frame with a few inches of weld. There is some weight on the frame now! I decided not to do any bracing on the engine mounts, yet. I played around with paper models for hours last night and couldn't come up with...

That is 'good' news with the typical J80 weight....well not for you...but for me! :) I will be getting some corner weights once it is sitting back on the tires. I am interested to see where things are at now. It will be nice to track the weight through the buildup a little bit. It could allow...

Something other than motor mounts to think about.... I thought I would post up about something other than motor mounts. Those are not that exciting to watch. Here is what the front end roughly looks like with a stock FJ40 style grill. With the 40" tires and low stance the stock grill...

Thank you for the feedback. I share the same general thoughts. I will get it driving with the stock shafts, and then swap in alloy shafts front and rear when I go through the axles and freshen them up. Most full bodied J80's seem to be running 5000-6000lbs full loaded. I am hoping to come in...

Just a quick evening in the shop tonight after work. I was able to fit the frame side of the motor mounts to the frame pads. Overall that went pretty good. I left them a TOUCH high to account for some compression in the bushings with the full weight of the engine. For about 10 minutes...

Yup, that is what it is for, stopping the winch when you let off the trigger. It does take air. They do list it as taking some of the load off the main winch brake. Even on my old Belleview, and fairly stock 8274's, it would be nice if the cable stopped right when you let off the button.

An interesting idea from the fringe of Euro competition winches. http://www.red-winches.com/products/air-brake-unit/153/ I guess getting winch to STOP quick enough is becoming a problem on some of the high speed units now. This little unit, when sandwiched between the winch motor and winch...

Just curious, what are you running now for a winch? One of the other nice things about the Husky was always the worm gear 'brake' function. I always liked those winches, but boy howdy they where tanks. I wonder how the gear drive system ( and brake system ) is playing into things. Most the...

Tonight I made the motor mounting plates that connect the engine mounts to the frame....or at least almost finished them. I also decided to TIG weld these parts. I think I was running a little hot, but I was rusty and the thin edges on the outside edge of the weld washers was kicking my rear...

Thanks. I will give it a read. Opps hit the wrong buttons. UA is a good trip....different, sleepless, expensive, epic, rainy, fun, great. I enjoyed both times I went immensely......about 3 months after I got back and recovered.

Other than a few extreme examples, what are the speed differences really? This older expo portal winch test didn't show THAT much of a difference did it? http://expeditionportal.com/tug-of-war-the-ultimate-12v-winch-test/ While it didn't include every winch ever, it hit most of the bases...