I did the solenoid thing on my 80.
I initially used a $12 Warn control solenoid, but like 619Toy pointed out--the winch uses 4 of those in parallel. I burnt-out the solenoid the first time I used it under load.
I ended up getting the exact same solenoid Warn sells for use as a disconnect switch
. It works great.
I used a factory fog light switch in the cab.
Here's a writeup of mine (it shows the Warn control solenoid--I have since changed it out):
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=69043
Hayes
I initially used a $12 Warn control solenoid, but like 619Toy pointed out--the winch uses 4 of those in parallel. I burnt-out the solenoid the first time I used it under load.
I ended up getting the exact same solenoid Warn sells for use as a disconnect switch

I used a factory fog light switch in the cab.
Here's a writeup of mine (it shows the Warn control solenoid--I have since changed it out):
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=69043
Hayes