Thanks for the excellent write up! I've been thinking about getting one of these for quite a while. Keep us posted on any power steering pump trouble. That is the main thing I was worried about.
Another question I had concerns the location of the operating levers. If my memory serves me, from photographs I have seen it looks like the MM controles are on the opposite side of the winch from the operating lever on the Warn. My TJM bumper has a small sqare hole on the top for reaching the lever, so I was wondering if I would have to cut a new hole on the other side. I read somewhere that the MM has reverse mounting. Does that mean that you can turn it all the way around???