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Hello all, While "surfing" at Amazon I stumbled across this Wireless Winch Remote Control for $17. It comes with absolutely NO documentation, but fortunately I was able to garner what I needed from scouring the web and examining the wired pendant controller that came with the "Thing" (what SWMBO calls my Outfitter 400). Once installed I found it performed just as claimed and in fact better--my testing found the remotes to have a solid 120 + ft range--though I cannot for the life of me envision a situation where I'd want to run the winch from 100 feet away? The control module is fully potted and waterproof, the remotes are well made and as sturdy as they need to be, HIGHLY recommended! If anyone is interested I can post photos and a wiring diagram...

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I recently acquired a new 2020 Coleman Outfitter 400 and overall am quite pleased with it. I had the "too be expected" loose bolts (first thing I checked), all related to the final assembly conducted by the pimple-faced kid "mechanic" at Tractor Supply.--the bolts in the upper driver's side roll bar joint were just hand tight, as were those of the upper seat belt anchors--but other than that it had been pretty well assembled. The included owner's manual is not current; it speaks of using the choke to cold-start the motor (it's EFI, no choke), and shows the ignition and lighting switches as dash-mounted when in fact they are on the steering column. It also direct you to remove the seat to change the spark plug--except that on this revision the cylinder tilts rearward and the cylinder head in found beneath the dump bed. Other maintenance tasks are similarly ill-described and it is generally useless. I did find the exhaust note to be a bit strident and devised the following to tone it down a bit. I used one of those inexpensive 1" NPT female inlet B&S "muffin" mufflers that have been around for decades, and a steel 1" EMT to steel box adapters that have been available for a like time: 1" EMT has an outside diameter of 29.5 mm, the tailpipe extension on the beast is 28 mm O.D.--so I use a partially overlapped cylindrical shim spacer of 28 ga. (0.47 mm) galvanized sheet metal to fit the EMT adapter to the tailpipe . Bedded well in muffler putty the single set screw on the adapter mounted it up quite firmly.On my first ride I found the motor to feel and sound a bit constipated--so i drilled out the 106 1/8" holes in the faced of the muffin to 9/64". This is a 26.5% increase in area [(9/64)^2 / (1/8)^2 = 1.2656] That made the difference needed to restore proper flow without making it too loud again:It is arguably not a pretty as some of the $100+ aftermarket alternative, but at $15 for the muffler and adapter it better fits my budget.Make sure you get the genuine B&S part (# 392989) as the 3rd party clones lack an inner baffle that makes them inherently louder than the B&S piece. FWIW--I also removed the front anti-roll bar--and have found little to no adverse effect on handling (and arguably some positive effect)--it also got rid of an annoying rattle from the low-quality driver's side roll bar tie-rod end. Put in an iridium spark plug too... [update] For anyone who cares. I have re-drilled the 106 outlet holes to 5/32" which seems to be a sweet point. I had the beast running 45 mph (indicated, 40 by GPS) t'other day and it felt a bit "held back" so when I got home I hogged out the holes to 5/32"--another 23.4% area on top of the 9/32' holes (56% more than the original 1/8" holes). Went out today and got it going 53 mph (indicated, 47 per the GPS). Coleman and Hisun claim 38 mph top-end for the HS400 but I knew it had more than that. So, I Think the 5/32" holes are about optimal. I need to take the B&S thingy off and see what it can do, however it (the B&S thing) is so nicely mounted and sealed now that I don't want to mess with it... [/update]