My dad decided to buy a winch for his 2001 Polaris Sportman. I have have a 2005 Sportman which has the wiring and contactor mounting area pre-installed from the factory. Does anyone know a good place on the 2001 model to place the contactor at? I'm the one doing this project so any help would be greatly appreciated. I have the tools to build a bracket but I jsut need a good location to place it first.

 

I mounted the contactor directly under center panel up front next to other wiring/engine controls on our 02 magnum on a cross bar. Easy to access plenty of room and stays fairly dry up in there. An 01 sportsman should be the the same under the hood.

 

i put mine in the lil toolbox under the seat. mounted it standing up,by the tailight side ,drilled a couple holes for the cables and rtv'd them up ,nice and dry

 

weclome to the forum. you pretty much can mount it anywhere. i chose to mount a few tat i did under the fender well on the frame. some have out them inthe tool boxes for protection but i have found that water/mud really doesn't seem to bother them. imo