Sorry for the crewed drawing. But pretty much this is it. Winch will be mounted to the wall in an easy location. Use as many pulleys as you see fit to accomplish the same results in your own garage. My garage, I see it only needing about 2. Use a pre built mount for your roof, or build your own to attach to the hook of the Winch Rope. Due to the light weight of the roof you wont need to use anything special for the rope. Just be sure to level the roof on your mounts when its in the air so it wont flip around and damage your car or the roof, same way you would any other way. As the roof is in the air where you would like it, you can use masking tape on the rope to "label" where you wish your inline loop to be. This loop will be the type of rope loop that even if it comes loose, it will not just fall apart and drop the roof. If you don't know how to tie any of these, I'm sure you can ask an elder lol, my dad has taught me plenty. IF not, google how to tie a Loop. Drop your payload, detatch from the pulleys and at the location of the masking tape and cast your loop. If you are unsure to the integrity, you can use superglue on the knot to provide a tight bond/knot. After you tie your loop and are satisfied with its integrity, use a decent sized hook to screw into a stud in your garage. Should only be about 12" above your winch on the same stud.
JUST BE SURE, your loop is far enough away from your first pulley, to allow the roof to be completely lowered onto the car. This really should not be an issue as long as you don't install a pulley really close to your Winch. The locations I provided in the pic should suffice without any issues.
When done, you will be able to power the winch to :dance:raise the roof:dance: and when your loop reaches the hook, place the loop through the hook and then reverse the winch just a tad. Not soo much as to unravel the winch, but enough to release the weight from the winch itself.
Cost should be no more than 100 dollars when done. This is making your own harness to attach to the roof, hooks, pulleys, winch, rope etc.
This specific system has been done by lots of people. I've seen it done for a few S2K people local to myself. Its super easy to operate, a child could do it if needed. But please don't let your children operate it lol. Its not a toy and even tho the winch has proven itself on the trail, I wouldn't trust any of the install to the weight of a child.
I hope these instructions were simple to read.
***EDIT*** I also forgot to mention, The cable system of the winch can easily be replaced by a rope of equal thickness. They are just clamped into the shaft. The cable is perfect for heavier weight, but harder to use and setup properly. The Rope can still withstand decent weight, but the roof is not heavy at all. Any one of us can carry it by ourselves. And Harbor Freight Winches are much cheaper than the one Duezzer displayed. There are reviews on it throughout multiple offroad websites, its perfect for this application, not soo much for winching a vehicle out of a sticky spot.
http://www.harborfreight.com/2500-lb-ATVUtility-Electric-Winch-with-Wireless-Remote-Control-61297.html
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