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... the winch which came with the truck when we got it (Warn M8000) has never really been reliable, and works pretty much 50% of the time, which isn't ideal. It would be pointless to go away with a winch in that condition so I thought i'd see if I could sort it.
Firstly I cleaned all the contacts on the controller - no luck
Secondly I thought that F1 or F2 was grounding accross that little black thing that is supposed to isolate them from the body. Took off the waterproof rubber terminal cover - got covered in rusty gunk.
Cleaned it all up - still no joy.
Cleaned up A. Nothing.
Went to clean up the earth - bolt snapped off...
Took winch off truck and removed motor cover to try to get to the now stuck bolt - found this
here endeth the lesson....
Firstly I cleaned all the contacts on the controller - no luck
Secondly I thought that F1 or F2 was grounding accross that little black thing that is supposed to isolate them from the body. Took off the waterproof rubber terminal cover - got covered in rusty gunk.
Cleaned it all up - still no joy.
Cleaned up A. Nothing.
Went to clean up the earth - bolt snapped off...
Took winch off truck and removed motor cover to try to get to the now stuck bolt - found this
here endeth the lesson....