Warn M8000 solenoid pack clicking on install

[blakesrover]

Installed a new Warn M8000 winch.

Set-up:

Solenoid pack relocated to bottle jack position in engine compartment using two mount points to mount to south-side headlight housing.

Relocated controller hook-up to the grill. Spliced 16 gauge brown wire for cut off/on switch to winch. Works perfectly fine. Solenoid ground 16 gauge wire (red w/eyelet) to underbody of winch motor.

Winch pulls in very weak and automatic/repetitive clicking noise in solenoid pack. Will not line out.

After contacting Warn, a rep e-mailed me and said based on my set-up and relocations, I must take the red 16 gauge wire/eyelet and connect it directly from the controller plug-in to the negative battery post.

I proceeded with this direction to no avail. same clicking noise and maybe even slightly weaker charge on the line in.

I must be missing something here or wired something wrong.:banghead:

Please help.

~Blake
BPerry83@gmail.com

 

[I Leak Oil]

Not sure, but what about the wire sizes? If they are too long you could be getting a significant voltage drop. Just a guess and an assumption that it's wired correctly.

 

[blakesrover]

16 gauge...same wire size as what was used in original manufacture. Longest runs in the smaller solenoid pack wiring (16 gauge) verged on 3 1/2-4 ft.

2 gauge power and grounds roughly 5 1/2 ft.

 

[timmy!!!!!!!]

Did you get it working?

 

[alexrex20]

16 gauge...same wire size as what was used in original manufacture. Longest runs in the smaller solenoid pack wiring (16 gauge) verged on 3 1/2-4 ft.

2 gauge power and grounds roughly 5 1/2 ft.

that doesn't mean you aren't dropping voltage and current over the extended length of the wiring (like 'I Leak Oil' suggested). go to a smaller gauge wire (try 12- or 10-gauge). sounds like you're not getting enough juice to/from the solenoid.

where are your power/ground wires connected? did you go straight to battery for both power and ground? what kind of connection did you use, if you lengthened the power/ground cables?

 

[ALRubicon]

Installed a new Warn M8000 winch.

Set-up:

Solenoid pack relocated to bottle jack position in engine compartment using two mount points to mount to south-side headlight housing.

Relocated controller hook-up to the grill. Spliced 16 gauge brown wire for cut off/on switch to winch. Works perfectly fine. Solenoid ground 16 gauge wire (red w/eyelet) to underbody of winch motor.

Winch pulls in very weak and automatic/repetitive clicking noise in solenoid pack. Will not line out.

After contacting Warn, a rep e-mailed me and said based on my set-up and relocations, I must take the red 16 gauge wire/eyelet and connect it directly from the controller plug-in to the negative battery post.

I proceeded with this direction to no avail. same clicking noise and maybe even slightly weaker charge on the line in.

I must be missing something here or wired something wrong.:banghead:

Please help.

~Blake
BPerry83@gmail.com

I'm having the exact same problem with my new M8000. Did you ever figure out what was wrong?