The next thing I did, once the winch was sitting in my basement for the winter, was to start figuring out what information I could get on it. The local Lordco claimed to be the Warn experts, but I couldn't find a single person that actually knew anything about them.
So, to the Internet I went.
There is many a mention, but one website blew all the others away:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/8274/8274.htm
Bill Vista photographed the total rebuild of an 8274 of similar vintage to mine. Unbelievable resource.
I found that I didn't really need to rebuild mine yet as it was pretty sound, but I was missing the solenoid pack. Bill Vista had photos and diagrams of the solenoids, pictured below, which made it easy to rebuild.
Using Bill Vista's pics, I purchase one part, a Warn solenoid cover, so I had a template of sorts to base my solenoid pack on. It was $28 from Lordco. (I found a couple of guys at the local store that know what they're talking about, where were they before?)
I then purchased 4 constant duty solenoids and some 4 gauge wire. An aluminum plate did for the backing and it took a bit of messing around to get everything in place.
In the meanwhile the front bumper on the truck got some reinforcement, shortened ends, and an upright frame to mount the winch.
The fairlead came from a company in Florida via eBay, at $40 US, which was somewhat cheaper than I could find it locally.
Thats it for the moment. Next, I'll mount the solenoid pack and wire it up.
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