Trim Pump Issues

[BAproject]

Hey All,

First of all, a huge thank you to all the help and support last year. I am happy to report, after sitting for 6 years, my 91 Capri (4.3 Merc) is up and running. This forum and all the years of experience associated with it was of tremendous value.

That being said, I need a bit of help with my trim pump. I have the "newer" style pump, and have adapted it back to the old style bracket (the where the solenoids cannot be attached to the bracket). The solenoids are attached to a bent aluminum piece that gets screwed into the top of the pump. All ground wires are bolted to only the aluminum bracket. Does this bracket, in turn, need to be grounded to something else?
Would a faulty ground (or no ground perhaps) be the reason that the solenoids are not working?
The solenoids are new, the switch on the control lever worked for down only (before replacing them) as the up solenoid had broken free from the remains of the bracket and been submerged for some time (so I just replaced both of them), now nothing works, everything else is wired according to the manual.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Kainon]

Re: Trim Pump Issues

run a ground from the pump motor ground to the plate the solenoids are on. you should have 1 black wire from the left side post of both solenoids, put your ground to where they go if you can.

 

[BAproject]

Re: Trim Pump Issues

I have the "down" solenoid ground connected to the "up" solenoid, then a ground cable from the "up" solenoid to where the solenoid bolts to the aluminum plate. That bolt is also attached to a ground that from the pump motor. That should work right?
-E

 

[BAproject]

Re: Trim Pump Issues

I'm not in front of the assembly right now but I sketched up a quick diagram from memory. does anything look wrong here? The heavy black lines are the grounds.

 

[BAproject]

Re: Trim Pump Issues

anyone???