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Today I'm installing a Smittybilt waterproof X20 synthetic rope winch onto the underside

of my metal off-road bumper that fits on my 2018 Tacoma.

Let's get started.

[Intro]

So I'm not sure what order I'm going to release these videos in, but I figured I might as

well document the process.

So this right here is box for the X20 waterproof winch.

I decided to go with the synthetic rope, which is actually this stuff over here, because

the synthetic version is like 30 pounds lighter than the metal rope version.

And I figured with how long I'm going to own this truck, it's better off to save that 30

pounds, because the more weight you're carrying on your truck, the less the gas mileage is

going to be.

And obviously when you're off-roading you don't want a super heavy vehicle, and 30 pounds

is 30 pounds.

So I've already taken most of the stuff out of the box.

Here we have...this is a wireless control.

So it has the wireless capabilities.

It can go in and out obviously, it's a winch.

This is 10,000 pounds so it's more than enough to carry the truck.

We have this module right here which installs on the winch, which I'll show you in a second.

Obviously we have the synthetic rope.

I'm not sure how long that is, I'll look it up in a second.

And then here we have the winch itself with the hardware.

Now as I mentioned in a previous video, this bumper is a C4Fab low profile bumper and fits

on the underside of my truck.

And there's the winch.

Let's install this thing.

So the front of the winch is facing that direction.

It's going to go out that little slot in the bumper.

And so this is a little control module.

It's got a little plug right here for the wired control, and this also has, you know,

the wireless capabilitites.

Water out.

But I took off these two silver brackets from the bottom because the silver brackets are

used for mounting it right here over the top of all the rope, but I want to mount it over

here on the side so it kind of stays out of the way.

Fitting underneath my Tacoma, I don't know which spot will fit, but there's one other

guys who's done this, David's Toyota.

I will link his YouTube channel here.

But when he installed his, he put the module over here on the side, so I'm going to follow

his example and hopefully not run into any problems.

I put the two added brackets on the bottom, and now the whole thing should just sit right

here with those two little screw holes on the side.

So I've installed the control box and then the wiring is pretty straight forward.

I mean, everything has it's own little like terminal lettering.

So this line is an "A" and it goes to the A port.

There's also instructions here off to the side.

One thing I would change if I did this again, I would jump inside this control box up here

and make sure all of these are tight, because as I kinked them over to the side, I feel

like these nuts loosen up on the inside.

And then the rubber boots go down over each of the connections.

So there are 2 wires that go over here to the "A" port, which is the negative which

also goes up to the battery terminal.

And so I have the thin and then the battery terminal wire.

And then both of these cables...this red one goes to the positive battery terminal, and

the black one goes to the negative battery terminal.

So now I will put this in the bumper.

So this is a special little rope guiding plate that goes in front.

I'll lock that in from the back with the supplied nuts and washers.

So the rope guide is in place.

Basically this just has curved edges around it so the rope doesn't get frayed on, you

know, some of the sharper edges inside of this metal.

The light bar is also in place.

This is a rough, country, like black edition light bar.

I'll link it down in the video description.

So it's not made specifically for this bumper, I just put some of the supplied hardware like

that rubber cushion, and then the nuts and bolts on the bottom with the bigger washer

because that hole was pretty massive.

And once I get it all tightened in, it should be in the right spot.

It lines up with the hole pretty well, so no complaints.

So, conveniently, when trying to install the winch, there's a little slot down here at

the bottom that we can just slip some of these square nuts into.

And that is on every corner.

So that square nut goes in there and then the bolts will come up from the bottom with

the washer and the locking washer in place.

Okay, so underneath we have the 4 bolts in place.

The winch is now secured, and the nylon rope is attached with this Allen bolt right here

on the side.

Now this says "spool wire in that direction" so I'm assuming if we disengage this, it's

meaning that I rotate the whole shaft that direction and it spools up around this.

Now the instructions say that there needs to be 1,000 pound load on the rope while it's

being spooled up by the winch.

Since I don't have power to the winch yet, I'll just spool it up by hand and then put

tension on it later.

I just need to get it out of the way so it's not dangling around everywhere.

And there we have it.

The winch is installed and wrapped up - hopefully in the right direction.

We have the wiring harness for the light bar in the front, and we have the power and negative

for the winch.

Last time you saw the winch it was on the underside of the bumper, and now it is installed

in the truck.

We have the control box over here on the left with the winch here in the center which is

good because there's this huge metal bar here, keeping the control box from being placed

in the center.

We have the positive and negative cables up here running in front of the radiator.

I'll probably zip tie this up and make them cleaner later.

We routed these around the back.

One is tapped into the positive and the other one is here with the negative on the side

of the truck.

The truck is off currently, but the winch is working.

[Brian] So when you're using a winch, you want to have the vehicle running.

You can run the winch for about 30 seconds at a time.

The amp draw, or the flow of electricity from your battery through the winch is a lot faster

than the amps being replenished to your battery from your alternator.

So basically have it running and don't go more than 30 seconds at a time.

Another thing that will help your winch to last longer, is don't hit the switch a bunch

of times in succession...don't go bump, bump, bump.

Don't do this [pushes button 3 times in a row].

It will make your contacts in your winch box wear out faster.

[Zack] And what happens if we were to press the winch button all the way in until the

cable hits the guard?

[Brian] So winches are strong – strong enough to lift the truck.

So naturally when you get up to the guard, you want to coast a little bit.

You saw that continue to move.

If your thumb's in the way, you can smash your thumb.

There are a lot of ways to die!

There are a lot of dumb ways to die.

So just let it coast in there.

So if you're going to bump, that would be an appropriate time.

You don't want it to rattle, but you don't want to suck it into your fairlead and chew

it all up either.

[Zack] So one cool thing about this winch which I will link in the video description

below, is that it is self-lubricating.

But in the instructions it does say that it needs to be extended and retracted at least

once a month to maintain that lubrication through all the moving parts.

If you have any questions, leave them down in the comments.

Brian will be here to answer them all for you.

And thanks a ton for watching.

I'll see you around.

For more infomation >> Smittybilt X20 Waterproof Synthetic Winch Install - 2018 Toyota Tacoma - Duration: 6:57.

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Here's Why I Still Drive My Old 1994 Toyota Celica - Duration: 4:15.

rev up your engines, a lot of people have asked me, Scotty how come you still

drive your old 94 Toyota Celica, well today I'm going to explain why, first I'm a

mechanic, we spend all week fixing other people's cars, the last thing we want to

do in our spare time is work on our own cars, that's why I've got a Toyota Celica

because the Celica is pretty sporty looking, but really it's just basically a

Toyota Corolla in disguise, it's got the same exact engine and the

same exact transmission down in here, and I've personally seen Corollas that had a

million miles on them, so you know the thing is going to last, and another reason

is I'm cheap, I bought this thing for three hundred and fifty dollars quite a

long time ago, it's got two hundred thirty nine thousand miles on it now, and

the AC still blows cold as can be when you push the button, and it's still got the

original AC compressor, yes one time I did have to add a little refrigerant

but hey, it's what twenty four years old, so tiny leak like that's no big deal I

filled it up and it's still blowing cold, that was like six years ago, and it's still

got the original engine, the original transmission, the original power steering

pump, these things were made to last, and even the wheels still good, but that's a

trick watch this, these are just autozone wheel covers, behind it are steel wheels

I love steel wheels for one main reason, they can take damage if they're steel, if

you hit a pothole or something, you get a little bend in a steel, you can get a

hammer and you can mash it right back out again, if you up fancy alloy wheels

like this Lexus, you can see there's damage here, if you hit a big bump and this wheel

brakes, these things cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars a piece, but even if

you hit a curb, with these cheapy autozone hubcaps, hey you can buy another

set for practically nothing, and from far away they look perfectly fine, there's

nothing wrong with a little facade every now and then, and another advantage of a

car like this is, hey it was the mass-produced car, they made millions of

the Corollas, and the Celica being basically the Corolla parts, you can get

parts easily and cheaply just about anywhere, even though the car is 24 years

old now, and being a hatchback comes in handy,

once you take all the covers off, and put the seats down, you can then carry a

whole bunch of stuff, I put all kinds of lumber and giant screen TVs in this baby

as far as I'm concerned, it maybe the perfectly designed car of all time and

since I live in Texas, it may be 24 years old but no rust, now if you moved

down here with the car that started to rust, like my sister-in-law did, then all

bets are off, because once rust starts, the humidity of Houston will just eat

the car up, she had a Pinto she brought it down from Buffalo, and after a few

years one day she opened the driver's door and it fell off, so then she drove

it a while climbing into the passenger door, so since it doesn't rust, what is the

point of getting rid of this car, it runs good, gets good gas mileage, has

freezing cold air conditioning, and hardly ever breaks down, now granted the

front seats did wear out, but look at these beautiful covers that I put on

these covers have been on for like five years

they look really well and they weren't that cheap, I mean they were like 65

bucks apiece, but hey it still looks pretty good for an old car, and I put

these covers on myself, just realize if you ever try it it's not going to look too

good for the first few days, because they come in a package all scrunched up, but

once you stretch them on, and they sit in the Sun for a few days, they look

pretty good, and yes I did get rid of the crappy Toyota stereo that came with them

and put in this JVC, because it really sounds a lot better, that was 75 bucks well spent

what the heck, and I did put in a pair of CV axles, but what the heck they were $49

a piece for a brand new aftermarket ones, and they're still working fine six years

later, so now you know why I'm still driving this 94 Celica, even though it

has hand crank windows, so if you never want to miss another one

of my new car repair videos, remember to ring that Bell!