Serviced winch, motor won't work (1 Viewer)

[TwoLeftThumbs]

Serviced my old Warn MX8000 winch, put everything together and went to bench test it...nothing.

I hooked up ground to the bottom, jumped two of the points up top together (the far one and one of the two that are closer together near the spool), and put power to the third. Got a spark, but nothing else. It works fine on free spool. But no noise from the motor or anything. I can't imagine what I did in there as the motor side is so simple.

Mostly I'm just wondering if the little 12v battery I have on my bench (from a motorcycle and has been sitting awhile, not a car/truck) might not have enough oomph to wake up the motor before I crack the damn thing open again.

Someone tell me this is the case...please.

 

[db3]

I know from experience a small battery will not work. Get a fully charged auto battery for testing.

 

[TwoLeftThumbs]

Right on. Hopefully that’s it. Truck is in the shop so I’ll unhook the car tomorrow and give it a go.

 

[TwoLeftThumbs]

Get a fully charged auto battery for testing.

Sure enough. I unhooked the car battery just in case and hooked it up to the winch. Perfect.

So glad I didn't just yank it apart out of frustration yesterday. Thanks, db3.