TILT AND TRIM

[I SPITFIRE 15]

I NEED SCHEMATIC FOR 1969 MERCURY 90 H.P. TILIT AND TRIM . I HAVE TWO WIRES COMING OUT OF THE MOTOR ONE BLUE ONE GREEN . I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO W<br />IRE THESE UP TO A SOLANOID AND SWITCH .<br />THANKYOU BRIAN

 

[Hooty]

Re: TILT AND TRIM

Hey SPITFIRE,<br />Here's a little help, the blue wire is up (sky) and the green wire is down (grass). Hope this helps.<br /><br />c/6<br /><br />Hooty

 

[mrc]

Re: TILT AND TRIM

Heh, with two wires there isn't too many options.<br /><br />1) Ground body of unit to battery.<br />2) Attach a spare wire to battery positive terminal.<br />3) Wearing safety glasses, briefly touch one of the<br /> wires to the the spare wire. If motor runs take<br /> note of direction of ram travel.<br /> <br /> Then touch other wire to spare wire. Motor should<br /> run in opposite direction.<br /><br />4) If step three did not run motor, then you have<br /> a simple DC motor, Supply power in one polarity<br /> for up, the other for down. <br /><br /> If the current draw is low enough and you can <br /> find a high current center off DPDT switch, <br /> you can wire it<br /> it up without a solinoid(relay) but it involves<br /> running some heavy gauge wires to the dash.<br /><br /> I would suspect that just about any tilt/trim<br /> solinoid should work as they are basically <br /> center off DPDT relays with 6 wires coming<br /> out (2 for motor, 2 for battery, 2 for coil)<br /> But I'm sure somebody here will set me straight <br /><br /> <br /><br />Mike

 

[BruceW]

Re: TILT AND TRIM

Your in luck, I just went through this on mine.I hope I can explain it. The problem is when the motor goes up ,the blue goes to + and the green goes to - . And then going down the green is + and blue is -. You only have two wires! You need a switch that has 6 connections. Its called a "MOM ON OFF MOM ON" Now ,from the battery run a red + and a black- wire to the switch. Using terminal lugs attach the red to the left center post. Attach the black to the right center post. Attach the green to the left bottom post, and put the blue on the right bottom post. Now using a jumper connect the bottom left green to the right top, and jumper the bottom right blue to the top left post. It should go up when the switch is up and down when the switch is held down. You do have to let go when you want it to stop. There are no limit stops.( big deal). Mine works perfect, Hope this makes sense. I could fax you a drawing if you need it. Good luck Bruce