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I just saw your last post... If the whole housing is full of sludge that isn't coming out with thinners, I think I'd take the winch apart to clean it thoroughly and refer to the TM as to how to measure the gear for wear to make sure it's still okay. Over a period of years, the oil could have...

I would say you're right about the oil... That's why gear oil for manual transmissions needs the MT-1, 'synchro-safe' or 'yellow metal safe' rating, or whatever the European equivalent is. Put regular gear oil in there and it will attack the brass. The black coating is the sulphur in the gear...