I have 2 items on this page that I have added to my Warn winch to enhance it
Ramsey Wireless Remote For
A Warn Winch
installed on a 2nd gen 4Runner
The beauty of this
gadget is you don't have any remote cable to get in your way.
I have tested this
a few times and there is no delay. Push the in/out buttons on the car alarm
like transmitter, and it works instantly just like if you were using the
cable remote.
Below are some pictures
of the setup.
The "1st" one breaks
down the four components that make up the kit.
The "2nd" one shows
the receiver mounted to the inside fender. This was about the only place
to mount it as my engine bay is getting crammed.
The "3rd" one shows
the route I took to hide the solenoid cable and antenna wire behind the
windshield washer fluid bottle.
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The "4th" one shows
the antenna setup. It uses a magnetic base and can mounted just about anywhere.
The antenna also
unscrews from the base, and a red cap replaces it.
The "5th" one shows
the receiver cable to the solenoid pack. The kit comes with sticky back
wire receptacles making storing the cable very convenient.
A simple snap and
the units open up allowing you to remove the cable to plug in to the solenoid.
The "6th" one shows
the receiver cable plugged in to the solenoid. I only have to unsnap two
of the three cable holders to be able to plug the receiver cable into the
solenoid.
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You can see the remote in use in some videos from one of our outings in April of 2002 here.
Since my winches
solenoid box is mounted on my bumper, a malicious person could come by
and take a paper clip and insert it into the terminals and activate my
winch without my presence.
Can you imagine
the destruction if said person took your winch line and took it back up
over your roof and hooked it to your rear bumper?
They could crush
your roof of your rig like a sardine can.
With the addition
of the kit, I now have a switch inside the cockpit that must be turned
on to energize the Warn relay part which in turn then supplies the power
to the 2 gauge cable going to the winches solenoid.
I did not however
use the supplied switch as it was not a flat mounting type. I had a Hella
switch that had came with me Hella 500 lamps, and I drilled a hole in the
plastic that is in front of the console and flush mounted it there.
To now use the winch
all I have to do is first make sure the switch is turned on first.
Here is a picture
from Warn showing the parts to the kit.
The kit merely consists
of the solenoid/relay, a section of 2 gauge wire that goes from it to your
battery, a switch, and the necessary wiring that goes from the switch to
the solenoid/relay.
All electrical parts
on the solenoid are covered with thick rubber boots to prevent shorting
on anything under the hood.
Below are some pictures of the setup.
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I also included here a real neat PDF file
from Warn that explains the operation of the Warn winch and basic operation
of it.
Also included here is a winch
safety video from Ramsey's winch site.
Watch this video, it could save your life.
It is 11.6 MB, so you might want to right
click the above link and save it, then watch it.
If you have any further questions, please
contact me,
Corey
YotaTech
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If you choose to do this mod good luck,
and if you have any questions 
(Corey) on the Yotatech Forum.