Winch bar for 1st gen bighorn

[SACKEDPanda]

Hi there

I'm after a winch bar for my 89 bighorn. I can get a mcc bar for cheap so was wondering what would be the easiest to modify to get it to fit. Trying to get away with not doing too much work as I don't have that much spare time.

Cheers

[isuzurob]

Nothing fits without alot of cutting and welding, terrano is about the closest but mounts different and have to cut side wings, im half way through making a arb copy for my mk1 bighorn, has taking 1 day so far, its all tacked together

[geeves]

I thought Hilux was pretty close as well.
It needs to mount on the current 2 bumper mounting nuts for the winch but if you are including recovery hooks you will need to get a third bolt into the chassis as well. On my old bighorn we drilled an extra hole in the C section and tack welded a nut on the inside to bolt to

Not the best pic but might help
winch.jpg

[isuzurob]

will try get pics of my bar, also arb landrover defender series 1 are close but still need mounts made etc

[tertle]

isuzurob wrote:Nothing fits without alot of cutting and welding, terrano is about the closest but mounts different and have to cut side wings, im half way through making a arb copy for my mk1 bighorn, has taking 1 day so far, its all tacked together

I really need to learn how to this as I'm wondering if making a winch bar or a similar arb copy is something I should do as well, really keen to see some images

[isuzurob]

its not to bad to make if you know what your doing and have the tools, ive made a few pipe winch bars and the arb copy is lot more work, will try load some photos, hope you dont copy to much, took ages to come up with the design

[tertle]

isuzurob wrote:its not to bad to make if you know what your doing and have the tools, ive made a few pipe winch bars and the arb copy is lot more work, will try load some photos, hope you dont copy to much, took ages to come up with the design
Well as I have no idea what I'm doing at the best of time you can rest assured my attempt without any training or knowledge on how to make bendy metal or glue them all together, mine will be quiet different, unique even

[geeves]

A winch falling off in use isnt as bad as a tow hook but could still kill. A winch falling off on a motorway will probably kill.
Without decent welding and engineering skills I would give this one to the experts

[isuzurob]

Check my post for pictures of the bar, hope it helps