so i was coming back from Lismore sunday when i got the phone call to recover a mate who was stuck on a hill and ripped the radiator out
(who the hell goes up a steep clay hill in the rain in a stock standard Nissan navara?????????
so 2hrs later i head up this long steep clay track and find there is no way past him
it was fun turning around on a steep clay hill lucky it was recently logged and i could get off the track. to turn around. there was a easier track further along to get to the top of the hill.
drive down the track a little pull the winch out, the darn thing dose not work
and my recovery kit was at home in the shed, so we pulled him using the winch like a strap (not like a snatch strap nice and slow),
had to wind the winch in by hand as he come up the hill a little more that was fun
eventually got him out was not impressed, bloody Nissan drivers
so i thought i would pull the winch back apart (after rebuilding it not too long ago), couldn't find anything wrong, went to disassemble the brushes and then found the 2 earth wires where loose,
the screws are on the out side of the winch too so i could have had it fixed there and then.
oh well that will learn to check everything is tight next time
1996 JEEP CHEROKEE
