Re the water/glycol coolant, there was nothing worse, than having one of the connectors not going back on easily, with a nice stream of the coolant running down your arm until the valves sealed.
I did know a guy who had connected up the winch to drop a Shrimp can, he had hellish problems getting the unscrewing last pin out of the frame, when it was pointed out that he had the winch on a different can to the one he was unfastening.