Ron, One or more of four things are wrong...no power, poor connection somewhere, solenoid or winch not working...work them one by one... if you have a voltmeter, check to see there is power thru your safety device...fuse or circuit breaker....to the solenoid control. if you don't have a voltmeter, test with a lightbulb and wire on the supply side of the solenoid to ground.....(bulb lights, there is power) OR if you know you have power, by pass the solenoid with a moderate size wire by touching input (supply) and output (up or down) and see if the winch turns over...just don't by pass from positive to a GROUND wire!!! If winch turns, solenoid is bad or bad connection there; if winch doesn't turn, winch or bad connection there.... good luck, Rob Brueckner Hatteras YF New Rochelle, NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.