I have a Warn M12000 that i bought used and it was not working when i got it. I opened it up, cleaned everything, re greased the inside and put new seals on it. Then i put 4 new Warn solenoids in it. It worked like a champ when i would use it just to spool in and out. I have never used it for recovery until yesterday. We went to a swimming event yesterday in Chattanooga. After several days of rain they had 300 cars parked in a flooded grassy field right by the river. I parked the truck and told my wife "Someone is going to get stuck." I figured we would be pulling one or two cars out. By the end of the day we must have pulled 20 cars out. Most cars i just put a snatch strap on and barely pulled at all. But i did need to use the winch 3 times on the bigger truck. First one was the toughest. The property owner had a huge diesel F350 quad cab 4x4 that he had barred to the axles. The Warn was slow but pulled it out like a champ. I pulled it about 20', mostly flat maybe a very slight up hill little "ridge" that was giving them trouble getting over. 30 min later i pulled them out again but only about 5', wasnt stuck as bad. Then maybe 30 min later i pulled a full sized Ford passenger van WITH a loaded up boat trailer with about 15 kayaks on it. This one i only pulled a few feet just to get the rear wheel out of the hole it was in. Warn worked like a champ every time. I know those two trucks are heavy but i dont know if that constitutes a "hard pull".
The Warn worked great but as i was spooling it in after the last pull i had a moment where i hit the "spool in" switch and got nothing. This was with no load on it. Just putting the line away. I dont remember if i heard the "click" or not. But 30 seconds later it Spooled in fine. Do these have a "over heat" protection on them or something? Did i use it enough to cause heat build up? Or should i open it up and check the connections on my solenoids?
The Warn worked great but as i was spooling it in after the last pull i had a moment where i hit the "spool in" switch and got nothing. This was with no load on it. Just putting the line away. I dont remember if i heard the "click" or not. But 30 seconds later it Spooled in fine. Do these have a "over heat" protection on them or something? Did i use it enough to cause heat build up? Or should i open it up and check the connections on my solenoids?
) with 24 Volt series 9: Warn mrv-c-3, M39333 D Bosch 491
