? about tilt/trim

[jshigman1]

my 79 120 mercruiser gage only reads,on the gage, when fully down or fully up? Is this right? or should there be a middle poisition which shows on the gage? Is there an adjustment for this? I have looked on the outdrive and seen what looks like an adjustment that says T.P. on both sides of the outdrive? What is this? I am stumped?

 

[tommays]

Re: ? about tilt/trim

james<br /><br />the trim sender and trim limit are a problem area on most oudrives<br /><br />they are nice but not really needed when you get your manual and see what is involved in changeing them you can make the call<br /><br />if you going to put on new bellows and such its would be the best time to replace them<br /><br />tommays

 

[Don S]

Re: ? about tilt/trim

It sounds like someone put both senders of the same kind on your boat. They should look like the picture below.<br /><br />

 

[waterone1@aol.com]

Re: ? about tilt/trim

If it is only reading in the two extremes, that would indicate either a bad sender, or as Don said, someone put a switch where it should be a sender. In either case, to correct the problem and do it right, it is a bit of a project. As Tommay's indicated, it just makes more sense to do while you are changing bellows. In a nutshell the project involves changing the sender including the wiring from the sender all the way through the housing and to the engine wiring harness where it plugs in. Just in-case you may think of taking a short cut and slicing the wires....that's fine....if you want to do it again two months from now.

 

[jshigman1]

Re: ? about tilt/trim

Ok thanks for the info guys.