1979 Merc 140 Power Trim/Tilt

Mercury140-I6

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Hey guys, I just got my boat out of storage and found that it will tilt down, but not up. I don't get anything when I push the button up on the throttle, no click, no noise at all, worked when I put it into storage. Battery is fully charged, I know this cause I started it this afternoon and it was cranking pretty fast, started really fast too, even with it stitting on the transom saver (Which I think means that it doesn't really matter if it is tilted up some or tucked under all the way, mine starts the same). Would the up side of my power trim sylinoid (Spelling??) gone bad over the Winter?<br /><br />Thanks for any and all help guys/gals.<br /><br />Craig
 

Laddies

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Re: 1979 Merc 140 Power Trim/Tilt

You have a bad solnoid or no power energising it
 

briannh1234

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Re: 1979 Merc 140 Power Trim/Tilt

Double check the wiring and the selenoid. However, when the same thing happend to me it was the power trim pump itself that need to be replaced.
 
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