Cheers guys, I'll have a gander.

Here's the process mate:
Sitting in truck, out of gear, winch 'locked' and winding winch rope on. When hook gets close to fairlead, put clutch in, put winch lever into neutral to disengage winch, let clutch out (whether in 1st gear or not)... winch continues to drive rope onto drum.

Thanks muddy, I appreciate the safety notes.

On the winch side of things: driving on and off fine, clutch disengages and throttle speeds it up... The problem I am having is if I put the clutch in and put the winch in neutral it's still driving when I let the clutch out and/or put the truck in gear.

Hi all, I'm new to the forum and not much 'older' in terms of 4wding. About a year ago I was given a 85 SD33 after a mate moved to Oz and couldn't bear to see the old girl sitting idle! She's had no mods and aside from a snorkel she's straight off the shelf. I use the truck for carting the mutt and ...