Trim sender wiring is DUST...questions

[SSSuper83]

Hey again everyone...

Going through EVERYTHING on the boat right now, have the drive off, and after digging around near the bellhousing, turns out my trim sender wiring has literally disintegrated. Checked inside the boat, and its even worse, it crumbles in your hands. Priced out new sender and switch, not too bad, but how much work is the install??

Is this common for the age of these drives?? It's an '83 Merc 898 that is in otherwise good shape after the inspection. Is there a way to do this without removing the bellhousing or going any further into the drive??

BTW, replaced gimbal bearing, bellows check out good..bearing had slack so did it while it was apart. I shot all around the bearing with PB Blaster for two days and it came out VERY easy...no fighting. Just waiting on the new one to replace it...

 

[Bondo]

Re: Trim sender wiring is DUST...questions

Is this common for the age of these drives??

Ayuh,... Very common...

Is there a way to do this without removing the bellhousing or going any further into the drive??

Nope...

 

[180shabah]

Re: Trim sender wiring is DUST...questions

...or you could replace the gauge with something usefull...

 

[PitchFork]

Re: Trim sender wiring is DUST...questions

I replaced mine with a depth gauge and both my wife and I have learned to trim the boat without a trim gauge. We have never had a working one. We usually start with trim all the way down and when on plane trim up till the bow starts to bounce and then trim down a tad.

 

[SSSuper83]

Re: Trim sender wiring is DUST...questions

Thanks for the replies. I have trim tabs, which helps..and its pretty obvious when your trim is all the way down..the current draw and sound lets you know. Just wanted to make sure that if I left the wires out it wouldnt be a problem.