Solved my winch/running hot issue.....

[Chris Hyde]

...by tearing the winch and solenoid tower apart and relocating the solenoid & control.  With the full solenoid tower, my XJ was starving for airflow at speeds causing the temps to ride.  We is all good nowz.

From this:





To this:

[Krawler00]

Man, that is a ton of height gone! Nice work!

[Matt]

Is it supposed to be a remote solenoid. Or did you just hook it up? {toast}

[Chris Hyde]

Is it supposed to be a remote solenoid. Or did you just hook it up? {toast}

The winch came with an integrated solenoid tower from the factory and I "redid" it.    Here is what it looked like before I "redid" it.

[Matt]

very nice. Where did you mount the solenoid?

[Chris Hyde]

very nice. Where did you mount the solenoid?

It's all up under and behind the bumper up near the top plate.

[Jimmy]

Looks good Chris, where did you put the solenoid? What was your temperature beforehand?

[Chris Hyde]

Funny thing is that at speeds, it would climb to about 225*.  The solenoid is under the front bumper.

[MELKORsXJ]

wow, that looks really good... running at 225 doesn't sound good, should be much better with the relocation.

[Jimmy]

Funny thing is that at speeds, it would climb to about 225*.  The solenoid is under the front bumper.

Holy crap! Mine goes to 210* and sticks there like its taped down. (210 still seems high to me coming from 5 liters though, lol).

[06trailrig]

Mine too

[Krawler00]

210 is where it should be. Mine stays on 210 all the time when warmed up. Krawling, highway, all the same.