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Aeroparts front capstan winch (Land Rover capstan winch)

Aeroparts Engineering · United Kingdom · 1950–1985

The standard Land Rover front recovery winch: a worm-driven vertical bollard on the front bumper, driven straight off the crankshaft nose through a dog clutch and short shaft, with the manila rope wound twice round the bollard and hauled by hand. Rated 2,500 lb line pull with a shear pin at 600 engine rpm, later 3,000 lb; also made in tall-bollard form for GPO/BT cable pulling.

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Aeroparts front capstan winch (Land Rover capstan winch)
allen watkin, Wikimedia Commons · unknown · source
1950–1985MADE£35 (1950)PERIOD PRICEUncommonRARITY11LAND ROVER MODELS5SOURCES

Description

The standard Land Rover front recovery winch: a worm-driven vertical bollard on the front bumper, driven straight off the crankshaft nose through a dog clutch and short shaft, with the manila rope wound twice round the bollard and hauled by hand. Rated 2,500 lb line pull with a shear pin at 600 engine rpm, later 3,000 lb; also made in tall-bollard form for GPO/BT cable pulling.

Separate drive-line parts for 1.6/2.0 and 2¼ engines; 4-cylinder only

Rarity. About 15,000 AEH.V and AEH.D units built 1950-1971 plus later GLR101 production; complete reconditioned setups sell at €2,768-5,999 (lr-winches) and lroe lists reconditioned assemblies, so examples are findable but pre-1956 units are scarce.

Record: 5 sources; designation recorded; price recorded.

Specification

MAKERAeroparts Engineering (Hereford), sold by the Rover Co., United Kingdom
DESIGNATION / PARTAEH.V (1950-56), AEH.D (1956-71), AEH/FW (1971-76), GLR101 (1976 on); Series II/IIA assembly 501453
MADE1950–1985
PRICE IN 1950£35 — August 1950 list price; GLR101 version £126.60 in 1976 (same source)
RARITYUncommon — About 15,000 AEH.V and AEH.D units built 1950-1971 plus later GLR101 production; complete reconditioned setups sell at €2,768-5,999 (lr-winches) and lroe lists reconditioned assemblies, so examples are findable but pre-1956 units are scarce.
LINE PULL LB2500
LINE PULL LB LATE3000
ROPE1¼ in (31.5 mm) manila, two turns round bollard
ROPE SPEED12⅔ ft/min (4 m/min) at 600 rpm
DRIVEengine crankshaft via dog clutch on starting-dog and short propshaft
SAFETYshear pin in drive (brass pin from Nov 1971)
PERIOD BROCHURELand Rover publication 596, 'Recovery Winches - Capstan 2,500 lbs line pull'

Fitment

Separate drive-line parts for 1.6/2.0 and 2¼ engines; 4-cylinder only

Variants

AEH.V1950-1956

Deep baseplate, four drain grooves on bollard lip, aluminium fairlead; first 200 with different needle rollers

AEH.D1956-1971

Shallower baseplate, cropped casing, male dog on crankshaft for 2-litre diesel; 3,000 lb by late 1960s

AEH/FW Series III1971-1976

Brass shear pin, one-piece dished bollard, folded steel fairlead often painted red

GLR1011976-1985

Covered bollard dish, Fairey-style driveshaft, green plate; £126.60 in 1976

GPO/BT tall bollard1950s-80s

Extended bollard for bumper-mounted fairleads when pulling underground cable

Imagery

Aeroparts front capstan winch (Land Rover capstan winch)
unknown · allen watkin, Wikimedia Commons · commons.wikimedia.org · reference only, not reproduced under licence
Aeroparts front capstan winch (Land Rover capstan winch)
all-rights-reserved · Rover Co. publication 596, scanned by Hermen Vlothuizen · landrover.vlothuizen.nl · reference only, not reproduced under licence

Sources

lroe.co.uk/Aeroparts-Capstan-Infolandrover.vlothuizen.nl/show/list/7081-1.htmllr-winches.com/Parts/Winches/Mechanical_Capstan_Winches/lrfaq.org/Series/FAQ.S.opt_capstan.htmlcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Land_Rover_Series_I_Capstan.jpgEvery source above was fetched and read when the record was made.