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| Rich Regular Date registered: May 2006 Location: Elkins Park, PA USA Vehicle(s): 1985 280GE cabrio Posts: 75  | ||
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| amzimmy Elite Veteran Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: South Africa/Italy Vehicle(s): GD300 1981, Alfa GT 3,2 V6, Alfa Brera Q4 3,2 V6. Posts: 850  | RE: Winch Wire Rich - 6/11/2006 1:46 AM The last G I purchased was from a guy who was a boat/yacht salesman down on a lake in Kentucky. The G had a winch and this guy told me of some "marina grease" or something to protect the wire/lengthen its life. I can't for the life of me remember the name. I googled "marina grease" but did not see anything that (I think) sounded right. Anybody have their own brand preference and/or know what I am trying to remember? Thanks, Rich Rich, do yourself a big favour and replace the winch cable with a "Plasma-Rope" you'll never look back, no rust easy to handle, great strength and above all so light that it floats on water! amzimmy  | |
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| TWODOGS Extreme Veteran Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: UK Vehicle(s): Norwegian Army 240GD Posts: 584 | ||
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| Rich Regular Date registered: May 2006 Location: Elkins Park, PA USA Vehicle(s): 1985 280GE cabrio Posts: 75 | ||
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| DUTCH Administrator Doppelgänger Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, GA, Atlanta Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter Posts: 9963  | ||
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| Rich Regular Date registered: May 2006 Location: Elkins Park, PA USA Vehicle(s): 1985 280GE cabrio Posts: 75 | ||
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| amzimmy Elite Veteran Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: South Africa/Italy Vehicle(s): GD300 1981, Alfa GT 3,2 V6, Alfa Brera Q4 3,2 V6. Posts: 850 | RE: Winch Wire SeanIT72 - 6/13/2006 10:13 PM Where is a good place to purchase the plasma line in the US? Also, what size will fit the factory winch on my 1982 280GE? I got mine from Amsteel. Great product and it comes with hook, sleeve and eye, remember to change the fairlead. Look on this websites: http://www.cseoffroad.com/sywiro.html and: http://www.samsonrope.com/home/general/12strandlisting.cfm#AmSteel-... Look under splicing instruction 12 strand: http://www.samsonrope.com/home/recmarine/splicing/index.cfm Read more about: http://www.thecortlandcompanies.com/psrope/SpectraandPlasmaRopesrev... Hope you come right! amzimmy Edited by amzimmy 6/15/2006 3:42 AM | |
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| Re: Winch Wire And best of all it will not kill you if the cable brakes  | ||
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| NorthseaRoughneck Extreme Veteran  Date registered: May 2006 Location: Berghem, the Netherlands Vehicle(s): 300GD SWB - 300GD LWB Posts: 538 | RE: Winch Wire Rich, I do agree with the other guys who recommend to use a winch rope instead of a steel cable. Winch rope benefits are exactly as Amzimmy, TwoDogs and Kerr have described. Although I don't have a winch on my G and I never was involved in car winching, I do know a few things about using 'Tuggers' on a Rig floor. Of all the winch issues ... safety is the most important one! I know what can go wrong when using this sort of equipment ... and it usually is not nice. Maintenance is an important issue when it comes to safety so I thought I would try to answer your initial question. Which 'marina grease' to use on winch wires? I don't know if this is the name you were looking for but this is what is used Offshore for maintaining STEEL WIRE ROPE ... Rocol is the name! Have a look here: http://www.rocol.com/lubricants/english/maintenance/wirerope/ Now, I don't know if a winch wire is built up the same as a steel wire rope but I still think that this stuff will maintain your wire. Believe me, if it is used Offshore in the Drilling business it WILL be a good product and it WILL maintain your steel wires to a safe standard. Good luck with your winching ... don't you have the diff locks   Regards, NorthseaRoughneck Sorry Rich, I just noticed that you are G-less for the moment. Disregard my last comment! Edited by NorthseaRoughneck 7/21/2006 6:05 AM | |
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