Recent content by That Crazy Squirrel

I want to know more about how you plan to get a tractor down into a basement...

To keep it from going up in smoke if anything fails? And you're still using the truck's battery, aren't you? Look, just as a "for instance", without the breaker, what happens if the hot 2 gauge cable going into the relay works loose and grounds to the frame? Without the breaker you have an...

HUH? Not sure what that means but,,, You need the circuit breaker because in anything causes a short to ground with that 2 gauge wire you're going to have a serious problem without it. The circuit breaker, positioned close to the battery, protects the whole length of the run, including the...

You'll actually need two fuses, or at least one fuse and a circuit breaker. You need to fuse the lead powering the relay coil (do it before the switch), and a fuse or circuit breaker on the #2 going to the relay. You want that one as close to the battery as you can get it. I like the Bussmann...

Rated 200a continuous. Looks good! Now, as long as it stays energized once the winch starts drawing a lot of current and drops the voltage it'll be fine.

The key word there is "usually". See if you can look up the actual specs on the ones you have. Might be different. Or, if you don't mind possibly "wasting" one, hook it up and energize it from a car battery and leave it on awhile, see what happens. Put it on a safe surface though, and...

Generally, those are rated for about 100 amps, but not continuous duty. If you keep it energized too long they tend to burn out the coil.

What's it rated at?

Probably not a good idea, and I'll explain why: You'd have to wire it so the relay/solenoid is only energized when the winch is going to be used, but the current draw of the winch being used will probably cause enough voltage drop to make the relay drop out. Net result? Chattering and...

You realize they aren't legal for on-road use, right? Sounds like you plugged one or two of 'em in backwards.

Backfiring is almost always an indication of incorrect timing. That, combined with the white smoke out the tailpipe that you observed, makes me wonder if you didn't maybe kill a valve or two running it hot like that, maybe even blew a head gasket. From what you described, forcing it to run...

That makes no sense. It's like saying you're having a problem stopping and one guy says check the pads, another says check the master and you decide to swap out the brake light bulbs and see if it happens on the other vehicle.

Erratic wipers is usually the control module on the wiper motor.

That's a common problem on GMs when the multifunction stalk goes bad. I've replaced mine twice now.

That just means the bolts will snap off and you'll get to try out your extractors.