I went to the Warn website but my solenoid is not one of the recalled ones.
I put the new one in and that doesnt work either. I can't figure out what is wrong. It is such a simple hook up, what am I missing?
The solenoid has two large pegs out either side and two small peg out the front. The two side pegs are POWER directly from the battery and then the cable that goes to the winch switch. The two small are switched power (from ignition) and a ground. Using a tester, I verified 12V at the power post from the battery. I also verified 12V at the ignition post, but only when the key is ON. The ground post is obviously grounded. Yet, no matter what, there is never any power at the winch cable side of the solenoid to run the winch... I can't figure it out. The original solenoid and now the new one.... neither one works.
ANY IDEAS????
For tomorrow's ride, I just bolted the cable going to the winch switch to the power cable and bypassed the solenoid. The winch will work fine when bypassing the solenoid, but it will still work with the key OFF. Is there any problem with hooking it up this way for just the short term until I get the problem figured out? I know the winch will now operate with the key OFF so I have to be careful not to hit the switch, but is there anything else?
Jim