JBtwist
Seaman
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2018
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Hey Everyone,
We got a new (to us) Bayliner boat earlier this season. It was in great condition, but the outdrive wouldn't go down, only up. I took at look at the pump and when I jumped the solenoid - I could lower it. So, I pulled the pump out and replaced the lower solenoid and everything worked as expected. All good.
We then used the boat for a couple months and everything worked great. No issues. Put the boat in a friends slip and would raise and lower the outdrive when parked and when taking out. After sitting in the water a couple weeks, the outdrive will not go up or down anymore (it's currently down). When I press the button on the handle (both up or down) I hear the solenoid click ONE time and then it won't do anything else. Come back to it sometime later and again - clicks once but no movement and won't click again.
Feels like it's a power issue? The battery is new, although it's a 2 battery system and I don't know much about it. The other battery tested good, but is a standard non-marine car battery. I did get in last night and try to jump the "raise" solenoid and nothing. I'm really confused as to what changed.
So - in a couple weeks, I'll need to get my boat out of their slip and remove it from the water. I don't have tools down at the marina, so I'd prefer to do the investigation work in my drive. Is there anyway to force raise the outdrive (Alpha One)? Or any other advice of things to check out or test?
We got a new (to us) Bayliner boat earlier this season. It was in great condition, but the outdrive wouldn't go down, only up. I took at look at the pump and when I jumped the solenoid - I could lower it. So, I pulled the pump out and replaced the lower solenoid and everything worked as expected. All good.
We then used the boat for a couple months and everything worked great. No issues. Put the boat in a friends slip and would raise and lower the outdrive when parked and when taking out. After sitting in the water a couple weeks, the outdrive will not go up or down anymore (it's currently down). When I press the button on the handle (both up or down) I hear the solenoid click ONE time and then it won't do anything else. Come back to it sometime later and again - clicks once but no movement and won't click again.
Feels like it's a power issue? The battery is new, although it's a 2 battery system and I don't know much about it. The other battery tested good, but is a standard non-marine car battery. I did get in last night and try to jump the "raise" solenoid and nothing. I'm really confused as to what changed.
So - in a couple weeks, I'll need to get my boat out of their slip and remove it from the water. I don't have tools down at the marina, so I'd prefer to do the investigation work in my drive. Is there anyway to force raise the outdrive (Alpha One)? Or any other advice of things to check out or test?
