tilt motor

[docspenc]

I'm not having any luck figuring out how to remove my tilt motor on my 1977 sea ray. it's a 352 ford and a 235 omc. do'es it come off from the outside or inside the boat. The motor is on the inside but I don't see any bolts to remove? (tilt goes down good but has a very hard time going up.... most of the time it won't even go up.

 

[southkogs]

Re: tilt motor

Should be two bolts (one on either side) running the length of the motor into the intermediate housing. Unplug, reverse those out and it should fall right out.

Do you have a manual for it?

 

[docspenc]

Re: tilt motor

Are you talking about the two nuts on the back of the tilt motor?

 

[docspenc]

Re: tilt motor

Are you talking about the two nuts on the back of the tilt motor?

So here are some of the ones I found on ebay. Looks like they bolt on from the front... I can't see any such bolts .

 

[docspenc]

Re: tilt motor

So are these the bolts to take out?

 

[navycowboy44]

Re: tilt motor

looks like the same motor i have. yes those are the bolts. theyre a pain in the butt to get to

 

[docspenc]

Re: tilt motor

looks like the same motor i have. yes those are the bolts. theyre a pain in the butt to get to

So if those are the bolts to take out, I can get to them from inside the boat. The tilt motor is just under the back motor mount. They must be long enough to go though the tilt motor and into the ? Thanks for all your help. I'll try and get them out tommarow

 

[navycowboy44]

Re: tilt motor

yes that is correct.

 

[docspenc]

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Can you tell me the part number for a 1977 235 omc tilt motor?

 

[navycowboy44]

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I wish i would have saw this post before i went and worked on my boat lol. my boats not at my house and the tilt motor is sitting in the boat. call up your local marina and see if they can look one up if not i should be able to get a part number to you by tomm night

 

[southkogs]

Re: tilt motor

I think it's a Prestolite ETK4102, however before you hunt down a new one ... take your motor to a local parts store and see if they can rebuild it. It'll be about half the cost of a replacement and I was utterly amazed that my trim motor could be "resurrected."

 

[docspenc]

Re: tilt motor

The part # is 382138 Thank's for your help. Maybe this noumber will help someone

 

[navycowboy44]

Re: tilt motor

yup thats the number. look on ebay before you go to a marina. i found one for $60 instead of $160