njohnson1960
Cadet
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- Sep 24, 2007
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Replaced the trim motor on this engine. while on the bench in my shop the unit turned over and I lost most or almost all of the hydraulic fluid. Does anyone know how to fully bleed the air out of the system.
I am following the seloc directions and it seems to get better but is not holding pressure.
1. I fill the resorvoir (by the way is there a tool that connects the fill hose to the fill plug? maybe it threads on to the fill plug cap threads?)
2. with the manual release open I lift the motor extending the tilt cylinder.
3. Lock the manual release release valve and I can still lift the engine and lower it to the ground.
very easily, this shouldn't move up and down with the release valve closed, right?
Is there a better way to purge the air completely out of the system? Can I take the tilt system off of the boat and then remove the manual release valve completely and run the tilt motor until the fluid is coming out?
Can't belive the mechanics do it this way. It takes way too long to play up and down multiple times to bleed the air. I'm surprised the tilt cylinder doesn't have a bleed screw in the top of the cylinder it would make a lot of sense to me it's the highest point in thr hydraulic system.
Got any ideas out there guys. I could really use some help with this.
I am following the seloc directions and it seems to get better but is not holding pressure.
1. I fill the resorvoir (by the way is there a tool that connects the fill hose to the fill plug? maybe it threads on to the fill plug cap threads?)
2. with the manual release open I lift the motor extending the tilt cylinder.
3. Lock the manual release release valve and I can still lift the engine and lower it to the ground.
very easily, this shouldn't move up and down with the release valve closed, right?
Is there a better way to purge the air completely out of the system? Can I take the tilt system off of the boat and then remove the manual release valve completely and run the tilt motor until the fluid is coming out?
Can't belive the mechanics do it this way. It takes way too long to play up and down multiple times to bleed the air. I'm surprised the tilt cylinder doesn't have a bleed screw in the top of the cylinder it would make a lot of sense to me it's the highest point in thr hydraulic system.
Got any ideas out there guys. I could really use some help with this.