How does one determine the age of their Warn winch

[dixie_cragger]

I recently purchased a used Warn 12k and I made sure the motor worked before i purchased it (have yet to test the solenoid box). I was curious to know if there was any way I could determine it's age either by the serial or model number. From my research so far, my model number is 26626 and i think it's an older model. Anybody know? Does $450 sound like a fair price (did not come with a fairlead or cables from the solenoid box to motor but did come with a remote and battery cables)?

 

[bigndn]

Look for the "Born on date".

































Kidding. I'd guess a 5 digit S/N is pretty old, but $450 isn't bad if it's still working!

Here's the parts list/exploded view from Warn.
http://www.warn.com/truck/ReplacementParts/parts/23/srrpl17-18.pdf

 

[e9999]

you call Warn with the s/n and they might be able to tell ya doh: ?) - I did once...

 

[reffug]

yup serial number will id when it was manufac.