anelson1995
Cadet
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2007
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Ok, here is the diary of a first time boat owner.
I bought an 88 Bayliner Bass Trophy with a Force 125 on it from my cousin. When I got it, everything worked fine except for a slow leak down (bet you have never heard that before, yeah right). So I decide to take apart the valve body with some phone help from my cousin who still has the manual. I get the valve body off and with some internet help as well, I take apart the valve body. I saw the bb's and springs and some debris. Cleaned it up and put the parts back the way they appeared to have been and installed. It wouldn't go up or down for either the tilt or trim. For the record my cousin replaced the pump last fall. He said the leak down started a few weeks ago. So it won't do anything. Checked and swapped relays, both good. Motor runs fine up and down. Switch and current are good. I assume I did something wrong when I put it back together. I did some reading on the internet and found out that my pump should have 3 smaller bb's and 1 larger one, one smaller spring and one larger one. I was missing a bb that must have fallen out. I took everything back off and reinstalled with a new bb. I then decided to replace the o-rings in the manual release and shuttle. I get everything apart, rings all replaced, shuttle moving freely, installed release valves and snap rings. Now I have up with both the trim and tilt. I have no leak down. However, the trim down works but the tilt down does not. I cycled it and checked fluids but still nothing. Checked relays again, still fine. I took off lines and found that when trying to tilt down, only the trim line is pumping fluid. The tilt line has just a few drips coming out of the pump. I blocked off the lines to check the trim and tilt cylinders and both are good. I'm down to the pump and since the up and down both worked before I worked on it, except the leak down, I must have put the bb's in wrong or something is up with the back manual release. There were four shims behind the spring for the large bb when I took it apart and they are back in properly. I'm lost. Any pictures or diagrams of the internal bb and spring locations would be great so I can rule that out. I'm thinking about hooking up the down tilt line to the down trim line since it is pumping and see what I've got. I'm at a loss and have a full tank of gas I'd like to burn off before winter. I appreciate all the help I can get.
anelson1995@comcast.net
I bought an 88 Bayliner Bass Trophy with a Force 125 on it from my cousin. When I got it, everything worked fine except for a slow leak down (bet you have never heard that before, yeah right). So I decide to take apart the valve body with some phone help from my cousin who still has the manual. I get the valve body off and with some internet help as well, I take apart the valve body. I saw the bb's and springs and some debris. Cleaned it up and put the parts back the way they appeared to have been and installed. It wouldn't go up or down for either the tilt or trim. For the record my cousin replaced the pump last fall. He said the leak down started a few weeks ago. So it won't do anything. Checked and swapped relays, both good. Motor runs fine up and down. Switch and current are good. I assume I did something wrong when I put it back together. I did some reading on the internet and found out that my pump should have 3 smaller bb's and 1 larger one, one smaller spring and one larger one. I was missing a bb that must have fallen out. I took everything back off and reinstalled with a new bb. I then decided to replace the o-rings in the manual release and shuttle. I get everything apart, rings all replaced, shuttle moving freely, installed release valves and snap rings. Now I have up with both the trim and tilt. I have no leak down. However, the trim down works but the tilt down does not. I cycled it and checked fluids but still nothing. Checked relays again, still fine. I took off lines and found that when trying to tilt down, only the trim line is pumping fluid. The tilt line has just a few drips coming out of the pump. I blocked off the lines to check the trim and tilt cylinders and both are good. I'm down to the pump and since the up and down both worked before I worked on it, except the leak down, I must have put the bb's in wrong or something is up with the back manual release. There were four shims behind the spring for the large bb when I took it apart and they are back in properly. I'm lost. Any pictures or diagrams of the internal bb and spring locations would be great so I can rule that out. I'm thinking about hooking up the down tilt line to the down trim line since it is pumping and see what I've got. I'm at a loss and have a full tank of gas I'd like to burn off before winter. I appreciate all the help I can get.
anelson1995@comcast.net