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Hi - yes once I cleaned the pins with wire brush on bench grinder and holes with small brush, followed by bit of 400 sandpaper they all slid in very very easily. I plugged the wires into the relay plug to test and the replacement unit works great.
I now just need to route them into the...
Well, I got the PTT unit out. For the top pin, I used a ball joint press - made it extremely easy. Unfortunately for the lower pin, I could not source a large enough one locally. I did find one on the web but shipping was going to cost a lot. So I tried a bigger hammer and that got the lower...
I am pleased to say that I thought I would try and apply enough force with a block and tackle to cause the collision relief to activate. This worked for me and I was able to raise the motor up. As it was coming up I think I could hear the hydraulic oil moving - either way it has worked. And...
This helps a lot - thank you! I am hoping that if I take the lower pin(s) out, I will just be able to tilt the motor up with the upper cylinder in the current position enough that I can then access that top pin to remove it.
Thank you - in the pic I attached there is another pin circled in red in a position marked "1" - it just goes straight through to the other side and looks just like it would serve to retain the hydraulic pack if the lower pin fell out. I am not familiar with the type of retainer that is on this...
Hi,
I have an Evinrude Etec E150DPXAAB 2012 150HP motor with power tilt and trim hydraulic unit.
The motor is tilted in the down position and I cannot get the power tilt and trim unit hydraulic pump motor to run. I have checked
that there is 12V coming out of the relay to the motor blue and...