FIXED IT!!!!!!
So, chassis wiring is not my strong suit but I did somehow figure this thing out. It seems the ground through the connector at the winch isn't enough so I jumped a ground into the wireless controller and BINGO! It worked.
Here is how I did it;
There is a nice soldering tab inside the box where the ground wire is soldered, plenty of room for a spare wire. Cut off a 1' piece of 16g black primary and strip/tin the end of it. Solder that to the tab as shown.
Drill a hole in the face of the box just big enough for the ground wire to slide through, slip the wire in there then seal the hole with silicon.
Now you can put the reciever back into the box and tighten the screws, your work is done here :yelclap:
One more item before the install, the Badlands plug is .65 ID and the WARN plug is .75 ID. You need to hog out the inside diameter of the Badlands plug. I used an XACTO knife and "whittled" out the extra material. Don't slice your thumb like I did :looser:
Now, find a place to mount the box! I mounted mine on the backside of the solenoid cover.
Put the screws facing outward so they will not rub the large winch cables in the solenoid area, you don't want a dead short and a fire!
Now, zip tie the antenna, controller lead and ground wire up and out of the way, you don't want that to get caught up in the cable while spooling in!
Strip and then crimp a ring connector onto the ground wire, after you cut it to length, and attach the ground to the housing with one of the existing controller connector retaining screws.
Last piece of business, attach the wireless remote to something that you can either clip to your belt, like I did, or a lance to wear it around your neck (I don't like things around my neck when near rotating machinery but whatever works for you)
