Re: tilt trim still trying
Baboon bum, I had the tilt motor drive me absolutely luney a few weeks back. I had sold my primary boat (not the 12Footer, not ever), and decided to move the project boat to the gargae to begin tear-down.....But the tilt just made a tick sound in UP, and a very light whistle when I tried DOWN.<br /><br />I took the relays out, removed the covers, and determined that the contacts were beyond help.<br />So I replaced both relays...Same thing.<br /><br />I then ripped-into the motor, removed the brushes (which loooked fine), cleaned the armature, and reassembled.<br />no change.<br /><br />So I disconnected the two leads from the motor,and connected them (using heavy-gage wire), directly to the battery. Bingo!!<br />UP werked fine. Transposed to the leads,bingo! DOWN.<br />Ok.. now I'm throwing tools into the woods.That left nothing to check,other than the helm switch, and all the wires going to the relays, and the battery. What I found was a loose ground connection where it connects to the CD pack mounting bolt! I tightened that stupid 1/2" bolt, and it werks like new.<br />All that to say this...Don't give up on it. take it one step at a time, even if the problem does happen to be the last thing you check.
