pvmtsux
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2008
- Messages
- 90
Alright here goes from the start?I have a 4.3L Mericruiser Alpha One in a ?98 Regal i/o. I took the boat out one day and ran fine, when I went to trailer up, my lower unit would not come up. I checked the inline fuse on the trim pump. It was blown and I replaced it. I used the throttle switch (Quicksilver 3000) and the separate trailer up switch with no problems. Next time I went to take out the boat I tried to adjust trim and nothing at the throttle switch. The trailer up switch still works. I did a little research and was able to diagnose two possible problems?
1. Bad switch?I bought a new one, replaced it, still nothing.
2. Bad trim limit switch. I decided to bypass it?I have a purple and blue wire that connect at the same bullet connector into a black wire that goes out to the trim limit switch and a single blue wire that connects to another black wire that also goes to the trim limit switch. I connected the blue/purp to the single blue by way of the bullet connecter with the jumper in it. Now only the trim up work on the throttle switch. I played around with a variety of wire color combinations, blue to blue?only trim up works, single blue to purple?nothing works, single blue to joined blue/purp?nothing!
WTF is wrong with my boat. I?m at my wits end here and really need some good responses, Thanks.
Also, I am fully aware of the potential danger of not having a trim limit switch functioning on the boat. I am an experienced boater and at this point I?m not concerned with it. I?m going to leave it bypassed until I have to pull the lower unit off to replace the bellows or something.
1. Bad switch?I bought a new one, replaced it, still nothing.
2. Bad trim limit switch. I decided to bypass it?I have a purple and blue wire that connect at the same bullet connector into a black wire that goes out to the trim limit switch and a single blue wire that connects to another black wire that also goes to the trim limit switch. I connected the blue/purp to the single blue by way of the bullet connecter with the jumper in it. Now only the trim up work on the throttle switch. I played around with a variety of wire color combinations, blue to blue?only trim up works, single blue to purple?nothing works, single blue to joined blue/purp?nothing!
WTF is wrong with my boat. I?m at my wits end here and really need some good responses, Thanks.
Also, I am fully aware of the potential danger of not having a trim limit switch functioning on the boat. I am an experienced boater and at this point I?m not concerned with it. I?m going to leave it bypassed until I have to pull the lower unit off to replace the bellows or something.
