P1000 winch mount kit for Pioneer 1000

[lazye]

I'm new to this site and not sure if this has been ask before but here's my question.

I bought the Honda winch mount kit 08L72-HL4-A04 for my 1000 -5D and just now getting around to installing.
The instructions seems a little excessive for running the winch ground wire to the rear of the machine.
Is there a reason to take the ground all way to the rear. They tell you to take out the seat,floor,sides,dash,
back floor panel. just to land the ground wire to a specified location. Is this a safety or CYA thing or am I missing something?
Any help would be appreiciated.
Thanks

 

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[CumminsPusher]

I'm new to this site and not sure if this has been ask before but here's my question.

I bought the Honda winch mount kit 08L72-HL4-A04 for my 1000 -5D and just now getting around to installing.
The instructions seems a little excessive for running the winch ground wire to the rear of the machine.
Is there a reason to take the ground all way to the rear. They tell you to take out the seat,floor,sides,dash,
back floor panel. just to land the ground wire to a specified location. Is this a safety or CYA thing or am I missing something?
Any help would be appreiciated.
Thanks

That seems weird as hell!! I ran directly to battery I figured there was no better ground and it was very close. I can't imagine why or that you would have to

 

[sharp]

I'm new to this site and not sure if this has been ask before but here's my question.

I bought the Honda winch mount kit 08L72-HL4-A04 for my 1000 -5D and just now getting around to installing.
The instructions seems a little excessive for running the winch ground wire to the rear of the machine.
Is there a reason to take the ground all way to the rear. They tell you to take out the seat,floor,sides,dash,
back floor panel. just to land the ground wire to a specified location. Is this a safety or CYA thing or am I missing something?
Any help would be appreiciated.
Thanks

I grounded mine on the top rail under the seat then pushed the wires up to the front then Zip tied everything. Just remember to keep the wire away from moving parts. Also if you have the accessory harness you can reach it from the front passenger side and hook it up by feel. 95 percent of the instructions are taking the thing apart. When I did mine I did not take anything apart and it went just fine.

 

[lazye]

I grounded mine on the top rail under the seat then pushed the wires up to the front then Zip tied everything. Just remember to keep the wire away from moving parts. Also if you have the accessory harness you can reach it from the front passenger side and hook it up by feel. 95 percent of the instructions are taking the thing apart. When I did mine I did not take anything apart and it went just fine.

Thanks- I wasn't sure if that was some sort of fail safe that would allow you to operate the winch while only in neutral or something like that. I haven't even bought the winch yet just the $300.00 winch mount. The service guy where I bought it from told me not to bring it to them, it was too labor intense and he couldn't make any $$ on it. Says he was a 10 year Honda Mechanic.

 

[sharp]

Thanks- I wasn't sure if that was some sort of fail safe that would allow you to operate the winch while only in neutral or something like that. I haven't even bought the winch yet just the $300.00 winch mount. The service guy where I bought it from told me not to bring it to them, it was too labor intense and he couldn't make any $$ on it. Says he was a 10 year Honda Mechanic.

Yes it's crazy the amount of labor it takes to put the winch on by using their instructions. I kinda thought it was a gimmick and that they were trying to get as much shop labor as possible or just maki g it look overwhelming so you feel like you have to take it to them. I think it took me about 2hrs to install I was also taking my time to make sure it was a clean job.

 

[CumminsPusher]

Thanks- I wasn't sure if that was some sort of fail safe that would allow you to operate the winch while only in neutral or something like that. I haven't even bought the winch yet just the $300.00 winch mount. The service guy where I bought it from told me not to bring it to them, it was too labor intense and he couldn't make any $$ on it. Says he was a 10 year Honda Mechanic.

You might want to take that back winch mounts for the machine are like 55 on eBay or Amazon. When you buy the winch the normally come with general install kit. I literally bought a mount and a warn 4500 for my 700 and was done. It took about an hour to assemble. I then took that winch off it and reinstalled it on my 1000 bought a install bracket for that one and was done

 

[CashMoney]

I ran my ground from the honda kit straight to the battery. The shorter your cables are the less heat your winch motor will make and the better it will preform.

 

[Deer-hunter]

$300 wow! Bring it back and get your money back. But one on eBay like this and have money left over to buy a winch. ATV Winch Mount 2016 Honda Pioneer 1000 & 1000-5 - 101285

 

[CumminsPusher]

The only Honda accessories I'd buy are windshield roof bed extender and any kind of cab enclosure (at least till someone else makes them) they really aren't better and lots more money. Some are a little easier as is usually plug and play but look around here a bit and people will help.

 

[CashMoney]

$300 wow! Bring it back and get your money back. But one on eBay like this and have money left over to buy a winch. ATV Winch Mount 2016 Honda Pioneer 1000 & 1000-5 - 101285

Part of the cost is due to them adding the winch solenoid and some wiring. When you buy the winch from honda it is just the winch and cable if I remember right. Its still way more money than going aftermarket with that said though.

 

[CumminsPusher]

Part of the cost is due to them adding the winch solenoid and some wiring. When you buy the winch from honda it is just the winch and cable if I remember right. Its still way more money than going aftermarket with that said though.

Honda uses warn which is great but you can up it to the 4500 warn that comes with everything minus the plate then get the plate too and it's same money as just winch from Honda

 

[CashMoney]

Honda uses warn which is great but you can up it to the 4500 warn that comes with everything minus the plate then get the plate too and it's same money as just winch from Honda

yep thats what I said they're cheaper aftermarket. I think the only difference will be is you don't get the one harness that plugs into the aux plug harness in the dash for the winch controller power. I personally would go with a Superwinch after having the Warn UTV winch. I think its a little better of a unit and I've been a Warn lover all my life

 

[lazye]

Has anyone installed the wireless remote kit PN 90288 to the Warn 4500 Honda winch?
I saved $$$ from doing the winch install myself so I thought I would spend another $150 or so.

 

[CumminsPusher]

Has anyone installed the wireless remote kit PN 90288 to the Warn 4500 Honda winch?
I saved $$$ from doing the winch install myself so I thought I would spend another $150 or so.

Yes. It's simple! The remote sender hooks up identical to the wired remote. We wired for remote as well but that was stupid the cord takes too much room in the glove box and stays at home. There's a dash switch as backup

 

[lazye]

Yes. It's simple! The remote sender hooks up identical to the wired remote. We wired for remote as well but that was stupid the cord takes too much room in the glove box and stays at home. There's a dash switch as backup

I still have a few questions-#1. there is a brown wire that goes to the contactor from the wired remote but not on the wireless harness. What is the function of this wire.# 2. where did you pick up the switched wire red (ON) with the ignition from the harness.#3. did you splice (parallel) the green and black going to the contactor spade terminals. thanks for your help

 

[CumminsPusher]

The closest white wire with black tracer to the passenger side of the factory fuse block is your turn on wire for ignition. Either tap into that or add a fuse extension in the box under accessory I prefer this way so your not hacking into main wire harness if you do use a good tap or better solder. I know pics are on this site let me check it out and I'll get back. The rest I'll have to look at home on mine. Ok here is the pic of the spot thanks to @Hondasxs

 

[lazye]

View attachment 14682 View attachment 14675 The closest white wire with black tracer to the passenger side of the factory fuse block is your turn on wire for ignition. Either tap into that or add a fuse extension in the box under accessory I prefer this way so your not hacking into main wire harness if you do use a good tap or better solder. I know pics are on this site let me check it out and I'll get back. The rest I'll have to look at home on mine. Ok here is the pic of the spot thanks to @Hondasxs

ok thanks for the info!

 

[CumminsPusher]

ok thanks for the info!

Absolutely! I'll get back with rest later I just don't remember the wire colors off hand for the rest

 

[BlueCollarGuy7007]

A late reply I know but as for the ground wire location it is about current flow. DC power is w/ high amperage hence the large cable required, also DC flows from (-) to (+) which originates from the engine (alternator) ground so that is why they run the cable directly to source - the engine. The battery harness/cable is relative small in comparison. That portion of the harness is designed to start the machine & keep it charged only that is that portion of the wiring harness's only designed function, not to run a high amp load such as winch. Not to forget the affect of pulling directly off the battery w/ that load - these are not deep cycle batteries. Yes! It was a major headache & time consuming task to almost remove every piece of plastic on this machine but Warn & Honda designed it that way & @ the end of the day you will not smoke the harness or any other of the machine's electrical component(s). Just my 2 cents worth & enjoy your ride.

 

[lazye]

Thanks for your reply - I ended up taking the supplied ground wire back to the ground point designated in the instructions however I did not have to take the whole machine apart to do this. Not sure who writes the instructions for Honda but they should be FIRED!