I have recently aquired a Ryders International Retriever RR 8000 winch. Fitting it on my 300 series Disco. Can anyone tell me how to wire it up?

Any electric winch has usually got two big terminals , one will be the feed the other will be the earth, usually marked . The usual standard is to run the positive(power feed in) to the battery positive (this is assuming negative earth) Via a heavy duty isolator switch.
The negative will go to GOOD earth point on the chassis.
The winch should have come with a plug in controller. That is prewired . If the winch goes the wrong direction when you operate then the heavy supply cables will need to be reversed. Make sure that the supply is isolated at the switch before connecting to battery, as if any relays stuck you could get a big spark when you touch to battery with resultant risk of explosion HTSH

Many thanks for your reply. Things look a bit more involved, I have what looks like two solenoids (which I think maybe for direction of motor). There are three black wires two go to one solenoid and one wire to the other. Plus there is a thin blue wire [/IMG] any help would be appreciated

call this number monday morning if ya canna get it sorted 0151 933 4338 it's ryders number in knowsley. they have a help line and should be able to sort ya...

can ask my next door neighbour for you as he is the service manager at Ryders