Trim sender looks a little fishy

[stewdog09]

I am in the process of restoring my 87 cruisers 2400 and I have been working on getting my trim gauge to read, I have reconnected the wires coming from the alpha 1 outdrive to there designated spots, I have read that one trim sender wire should be black and one should have a brown sleeve, mine has a purple sleeve? I have connected the purple sleeve wire to the brown/white wire and the other to ground. I still only get a reading of full up trim on my gauge so I removed the trim sender on the outdrive and it does not look like any other mercruiser sender I have seen, It does not have a gear that goes into the outdrive, it is just two wires going in attached to screws across from each other, I will try to upload a picture shortly,any pointers? Thanks a lot

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

the splined shaft has been broken off.

 

[stewdog09]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

I am in the process of restoring my 87 cruisers 2400 and I have been working on getting my trim gauge to read, I have reconnected the wires coming from the alpha 1 outdrive to there designated spots, I have read that one trim sender wire should be black and one should have a brown sleeve, mine has a purple sleeve? I have connected the purple sleeve wire to the brown/white wire and the other to ground. I still only get a reading of full up trim on my gauge so I removed the trim sender on the outdrive and it does not look like any other mercruiser sender I have seen, It does not have a gear that goes into the outdrive, it is just two wires going in attached to screws across from each other, I will try to upload a picture shortly,any pointers? Thanks a lot

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[Bondo]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

Ayuh,... Welcome Aboard,... You've got Part of a sender there....

That's the most useless gauge on a boat's dash anyways....

Mine's got billet aluminum caps on there...

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

Maybe Bondo, could be the dummy part and not the true sender oem 64947
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MERCRUIS...at_Parts_Accessories_Gear&hash=item27c6a34e9e

 

[Bondo]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

Maybe Bondo, could be the dummy part and not the true sender oem 64947
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MERCRUIS...at_Parts_Accessories_Gear&hash=item27c6a34e9e

Ayuh,... Mine,..?? or his,..??

I ain't got a picture handy, but mine are in fact billet black anodized aluminum, with a grease zerk in the center...
I bought 'em Years ago, on ebay...

I know, I know,... 2 grease zerks in 1 joint, but what the hey,..??....

 

[stewdog09]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

Yep it's the dummy sender, thanks for all the quick replys guys much appreciated

 

[Don S]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

Yep it's the dummy sender, thanks for all the quick replys guys much appreciated

It's not a dummy sender, it's half of a sender. The bottom part is missing.

 

[stewdog09]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

It's a dummy sender to hold the wires in place until you get a new Sender, it's made completely different of a real one

 

[Don S]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

It's a dummy sender to hold the wires in place until you get a new Sender, it's made completely different of a real one

OK, what ever you say..............

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

 

[stewdog09]

Re: Trim sender looks a little fishy

yep, quicksilver part # 64947