Britpart DB 9500i winch

[felixthelogchopper]

I've just 'inherited' a Land Rover Defender from the company fleet to use for estate purposes. It has a Britpart DB 9500i winch on the front bumper which hasn't worked for a while. It also has no cable on it but I think I have that sitting on a spool in my office. I have 2 questions about it;

 

1) How do I put the cable back on it?

 

2) When I try to run it, I get a single click and no movement. I'm assuming the click is the solenoid so, other than check the earth and connections, what should I try?

 

Thanks in advance for all helpful suggestions.

[treequip]

Putting the cable on requires the winch to be running so lets skip to solenoids

 

Assuming the battery is fully charged the solenoids are probably goosed but just in case its stuck with lack of use here is a bodge fix.

 

Operate the switch and identify which solenoid is clicking, the press again and give the offending part a whack, when I say a whack I mean a gentle tap with something non conductive, it may free off it may not, if not replace.

 

Once you have it running the cable can be put on. Wear stout leather gloves when handling cables.

 

On the drum will be a hole to thread the end of the cable, there will probably be some way of securing the cable inside the drum.

 

Single the cable out in a snag free manner and press the button to spool in, keep some tension on the cable and allow it to feed on without overlapping itself

 

Job done

[broonie]

you could always replace the solenoid if its goosed with a waterproof albright solenoid.

[felixthelogchopper]

you could always replace the solenoid if its goosed with a waterproof albright solenoid.

 

Seen those for £50 rather than £200 for Britpart one.

[felixthelogchopper]

Putting the cable on requires the winch to be running so lets skip to solenoids

 

Assuming the battery is fully charged the solenoids are probably goosed but just in case its stuck with lack of use here is a bodge fix.

 

Operate the switch and identify which solenoid is clicking, the press again and give the offending part a whack, when I say a whack I mean a gentle tap with something non conductive, it may free off it may not, if not replace.

 

Once you have it running the cable can be put on. Wear stout leather gloves when handling cables.

 

On the drum will be a hole to thread the end of the cable, there will probably be some way of securing the cable inside the drum.

 

Single the cable out in a snag free manner and press the button to spool in, keep some tension on the cable and allow it to feed on without overlapping itself

 

Job done

 

Thanks Andy.

[scraggs]

You would be better not buying the britpart one, if it's anything like the rest of the parts they supply it will be crap, imo of course

[felixthelogchopper]

You would be better not buying the britpart one, if it's anything like the rest of the parts they supply it will be crap, imo of course

 

Done deed, mate. It was already fitted and not working before I 'liberated' the wagon it's on.

[scraggs]

Done deed, mate. It was already fitted and not working before I 'liberated' the wagon it's on.

 

I understood that but I meant the replacement solenoid

[felixthelogchopper]

I understood that but I meant the replacement solenoid

 

Ah, sorry, my mistake. I had already had a look online and found the bit about the solenoid on a Landy or 4x4 forum.

[felixthelogchopper]

Having got the winch off the vehicle, I found the thermal cut off had disintegrated as well so will be ordering Albright solenoid and new thermal cut off this weekend. Going to take the opportunity to give the whole thing a good clean and grease while it's off.