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Old 16-08-2012, 06:56 PM   #1
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help trim tilt problem

ok my friends 3 year old decided to trim my outboard up whilst the boat was backed up to the wall , it trimmed upto the point of contact with the wall then made a funny noise and now it wont work i can hear the relays clicking but nothing from the pump its a mercury 115 4 cylinder clamshell all this happened the same day i struggled fitting the engine to my boat, gutted, please any help would be great as iv never had trubble with trim tilt before any suggestions on what to look at or how to fix would be a life saver for me i was planning to go out this weekend after a 6 month work on my boat restoring it and at the final stage this has happened please help regards tim
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Old 16-08-2012, 07:14 PM   #2
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Hopefully this helps:

I think I'd be taking some jump leads a sticking 12v across the wires that go directly to the motor pump (big terminals on the solenoids). I can never remember the colours but think the red is live, blue is "up" and green is "down". Assuming that works & that the trim pump is ok, id then verify the solenoids/relays are working and that there isnt an inline fuse youve popped somewhere. If the main power side is fused, it'd probably be quite a biggy, like 40A ++
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Old 16-08-2012, 07:45 PM   #3
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Aslo try giving the motor a few taps with the handle of a screwdriver or something, brushes may be stuck.
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Old 16-08-2012, 10:29 PM   #4
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must be summat in the water alan!!! (having spent 10mins on the phone to alan this evening sorting mine out) i reckon a tap on the relays/solenoids may free them off
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thanks for the replies chaps, i will try these things you have said i really hope this is a quick fix i will post my finding tomorrow , regards to all tim
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Old 17-08-2012, 08:00 PM   #6
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thanks to all for the replies i have fixed the trim i found the wires that lead down to the pump have corroded badly so i just replaced them and all sorted now, just wondering if anyone had some info on bleeding the trim system i have searched the web and cant find nothing on my trim its a single ram system built into the cradle, thanks
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Just trim it all the way up and down a couple of times and it should sort itself out
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