i have ramsey 12 000 pounds winch (very old) from my 1976 chev 1 and 1/4 ton army truck and it was working then after i swapped my engine i unhooked all wires then rehooked them.. and it never worked again.. all i hear is a click noise from solnoid i beleive thats it.. it doesnt move at all.. any suggestions?

im not electrican myself so im idiot in that subject..

Please don´t take this the wrong way. I´m not calling you an idiot, even though you prolly ARE, being a fawkin´ Newbie and all!!:flipoff2: :D :flipoff2:

Check and re-check the connections to ensure there´s nothing backwards. Also, check the small auxiliary ground wire from the solenoid box... BTDT...

I´m also electrically retarded...:p

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who knows..........next time mark the wires.............you may have hooked it up wrong and burned it up allready.

btw the wires was in same ways.. and for sure nothing is in backward ways or anything.. i never changed any connection except unhooking it from the battery thats all.. and i didnt install it wrong way for sure. since i do have red cable and black cable..


not enough power or ??? maybe one of the parts died or something..
i havent tested the winch for about couple months.. and did go some 4 wheeling

sounds like the brushes are bad.

allrighty ill take out my winch this weekend.. and look at it more deeply and see hopefully it doesnt cost me my whole wallet :)

Thanks tho..

sounds like a dead solenoid
try jumping them

sounds like it could be a bad connection at the solinoid. tighten all the connections if that doesnt do it use jumper cables and see it you can make it work.. also you said mil truck 24 volt?

if all else fails go get a solinoid, and try that.

nope its not 24 volts but it does have some 24 volt meter and stuff like that.. but its not hooked up anymore.. everything is in 12 volt now.. and on the soloniod it says 12 v and ill take it off tmw and work on it hopefully ill figure something out.. going to get another cable.. (thicker ones that way its better for sure.. and test it around..)

thanks everyone.. and ill let u know the results.. :)