Can i fit a hydraulic winch to D1 v8i

Bushcrusher

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• Jul 7, 2019

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Afternoon every one, can I fit a hydraulic winch to my discovery 1 v8i?
I've read the pump has to run from air conditioning pump? Is this correct? Can any one shed any light on how to put a hydraulic winch into my truck
Suggestions will be greatly appreciated
Many thanks Dave

 

Stanleysteamer

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• Jul 7, 2019

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Mate of mine used to run a Milemarker hydraulic winch on his 300tdi Disco. Think he replaced the aircon with the Milemarker's pump. Does that make sense to you?

 

Bushcrusher

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• Jul 7, 2019

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Hi Stanleysteamer, yes it does buddy, but I wasn't 100% sure but your reply confirmed my initial thoughts.
Cheers again,
Dave

 

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• Jul 9, 2019

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Best of luck with it, You'll need possibly to modify the accelerator part of things to have a slightly higher tickover and use it with the bonnet up, (see cooling) (should be in the installation instructions) but the Milemarker is a stupendous bit of kit and would pull a house over, we used it for Motorsports Recovery.