Warn winch only working sometimes...?

Ok, long story... Got my four wheeler, had a warn winch, didn't work... I've been messing with it... Keep in mind I basically know nothing about any of this stuff... Tested the winch with a car battery and it works fine in and out, but nothing at the switch... I took all the contacts I could find apart for the winch and cleaned them with a wire brush. Still nothing... Then I started messing with the solenoid and took all contacts apart and cleaned, reembled, nothing. Then I took the solenoid apart and got a spark and some major heat somewhere and the winch worked for a second without the switch... My bad, told you I'm not smart with this... So I disconnected the battery cable and continued messing... Reembled, nothing. Then today I took the solenoid itself apart and found one of the white contacts that hit the big gold contacts to be kinda stuck... I got it unstuck and reembled... Lo and behold, the winch will go in with the switch but not out. When you attempt to reel it out, the solenoid makes an audible click. Then after a few tests of bringing it in, it stopped again, no clicks from the solenoid in or out... I have not checked the inside contacts on the solenoid again... My question is what should I do in this case and any ideas why it will only go in and not out... I'd like to have a plow at a point so I'd like to have it figured out. The winch is a warn 3000lb 3.0ci sealed housing model if it matters but I don't know the model number.