I have the ground bolt on the motor connected directly to the negative battery terminal, so that should be fine. There is also a ground on the solenoid box. If I disconnect it from everything the solenoids don't click. If I attach it to the ground bolt on the winch motor, any part of the chassis, or directly to the battery the solenoids click, but nothing makes the motor turn.
The above quote is from 5-22-2009
I finally got it fixed last week.
It turns out when I wired up the winch, I must have cranked too hard on one of the nuts on the top of the motor. It spun the post a little bit, which broke the solder-joint inside the motor.
I took it to Six States and they got it all fixed up, and didn't even call me a dumb ass (to my face)! I reinstalled it on Friday, and finally got the new rope wound onto it. We are going to try to make it out to the cleanup next weekend, and we'll test the winch on Constrictor.
I'm also working on lighting now. I got one of the Arctic Cat lights in place, and I'm afraid I don't like the way it looks.
I will probably end up getting some round lights with high/low beams.