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I recently had a local shop install this winch. It seems that there's an excessive amount of the wiring harness exposed. I'm just looking for opinions on whether this is normal. Thanks

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that is the precut lengths that comes with the Warn. take some zip ties and clean it up a bit...also check where they ran the ground and hot to the battery to make sure that is not going to rub or interfere with anything.

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that is the precut lengths that comes with the Warn. take some zip ties and clean it up a bit...also check where they ran the ground and hot to the battery to make sure that is not going to rub or interfere with anything.

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Awesome, thanks for the quick reply
 

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They could have / should have done better.

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Looks great to me, better than mine.
@BDinTX was busy that day so mine looks like 🍝
Nahhh you did a great job putting it in.
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also check where they ran the ground and hot to the battery to make sure that is not going to rub or interfere with anything
100% this. I let 4WP install the first one and they had the cables laying up against the side of the engine block.

@apartment2 if you paid a shop to do it, I don't think there's anything wrong with going back and asking them to clean up the wires some. No reason to leave them loose and flapping around.
 
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Nahhh you did a great job putting it in.
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100% this. I let 4WP install the first one and they had the cables laying up against the side of the engine block.

@apartment2 if you paid a shop to do it, I don't think there's anything wrong with going back and asking them to clean up the wires some. No reason to leave them loose and flapping around.
Yeah I think I'm going to take it back to them. Thanks for the advice
 

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...make sure that is not going to rub or interfere with anything.
x3. Make sure the wires can't be pinched by the body flexing on the frame. This happened to me causing a short that damaged the alarm's ignition cut off. I didn't diagnose the ignition failure until I enjoyed a nice summer hike in the desert.
 

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Looks like Brooklyn…or maybe queens…

what shop do you use? I’m in Staten island
 
 







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