1985 70 hp Johnson Tilt/Trim problem

[cmcc]

The tilt works fine, but the trim doesn't move. I have a charged battery, brand new relays, and clean connections and still the problem remains. The relays are (2) 12V 40a with 5 terminals. I'm not completely sure the wires are connected to the right terminals, but the power is in the center, tilt on the left, ground on the right, and trim on the lower terminal. After connecting the wires to the battery, I could hear a click in the relay area with the flip of the toggle, but nothing moves. When I moved the trim wires to the vertical terminal on the upper half of the relay then touched the wire connections to the battery, the trim moved completely up and down. When I connected the wires to the battery tightly, it stops working.
Does anyone know what is going on here?

 

[david_r]

Re: 1985 70 hp Johnson Tilt/Trim problem

i would start witht the basics......

remove the wires going to the tnt motor touch the black wire to ground and the green wire to pos..............it should go down

now with black still on ground remove the green from pos and touch the blue wire to the pos...................it should go up


if these work properly your prob is in the wiring, bad solenoids, bad switches..................., mine has 3 switches and sometimes depending on how they are wired one sometimeswill kill the rest

 

[cmcc]

Re: 1985 70 hp Johnson Tilt/Trim problem

I opened the Tilt/Trim motor and found corrosion and crud. Doesn't seem as though the thing inside the motor with the copper wire web around it is able to spin freely. While I was trying to put it back together the wires broke loose. I guess I will solder them then go from there.