Americas Winch Install – OEM Red Winch

[Mr-Gus]

Red Noland recently had a Red Winch in stock. They also had the solenoid controller. Long story, but I know this with complete certainty. Might be worth reaching out to them.

Thank you. Do you have a contact there I should call?

 

[TCMColorado]

Thank you. Do you have a contact there I should call?

Ask for John Moore at Red Noland. He is the service manager. The winch and controller were ordered as a replacement for my original OEM winch that would only power in and not power out. After starting the parts swap they discovered that my winch was actually fine and had been wired incorrectly from the factory. So then they were left with the replacement winch and solenoid in their inventory.

 

[tangocharlie80]

I have retro-fitted an OEM Red Winch. It was reasonably straightforward. I have documented the process and put details here in the resources section.
My vehicle is the Australian version with the steel bumper.
Items required:

1. Winch (& winch remote control)
2. Front Bumper centre section - crossmember
3. Front Bumper centre section - bumper (it's slightly different to the non-winch version, the lugs holding the plastic grill in place have been removed).
4. Front Bumper centre section - plastic grill
5. Flip up number plate bracket
6. Winch control box
7. Winch wiring harness
   1. Winch to Control Box (3 wires)
   2. Earth or negative wire
   3. Control box to relay
8. Some sort of bracket to secure the winch control box in the void immediately behind the RH headlight (could be done with cable ties if you are not too fussy).

"Winch ready" means that the switches are fitted to the overhead panel and they are wired to a relay immediately behind the RH Front Headlight. There is no further preparation, "winch ready" does not mean there is cabling to the area where the winch would be mounted and nor is there provision for mounting the winch.
You will need to exchange the entire centre section of the front bumper.
You will still need to install the cables from the winch to the winch control box and then on to the relay.
You will need to mount the winch control box.
The picture below shows most of what you need except the centre section of the bumper and the bracket for the winch control box. The existing non-winch steel bumper could be modified by grinding off the lugs that hold the 'non-winch" plastic grill trim in place. The winch control box bracket is quiet elaborate, you could try and fabricate your own bracket but the space to mount it is tight with lots of odd angles and protrusions.