Trim Sending Starboard - I'm an Idiot!!!

andy h

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Took the thing off now my motor will not go back up without hitting trailor button. Here is the bad part, I may have turned the inside Gear on the sending unit and now I have no clue where it's supposed to be. Am I in trouble if I made a few rotations with that gear or is there a way to figure out the correct setting?<br /><br />one more question, the trim/tilt switch busted last year so i just threw in a cheap toggle switch, I would like to put the switch back in the handle but i'm guessing that can not be done. It's a 94 mercruiser 3.0 and clue where i can find a new handle with switch for a bit less than a dealer will charge?
 

Laddies

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Re: Trim Sending Starboard - I'm an Idiot!!!

Look on the inside of the sender carefully and you will see two small line up marks for a starting position, line the up and reinsall the sender, then do the final adjustment--Bob
 

andy h

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Re: Trim Sending Starboard - I'm an Idiot!!!

Ok, I know the marks you're talking about, can I just line them up like you say and make the small adjustment? What if the gear made 3 or 4 complete rotations but I can't remember exactly how many and in what direction.<br /><br /><br />Told ya, I'm an idiot :( <br /><br /><br />the reason I messed with this to start with is because my trim gauge was not working correctly, it would move a bit but would never show the drive as being all the way down even when it was.<br /><br />is the trim sending unit the only thing that controls that gauge?
 

tommays

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Re: Trim Sending Starboard - I'm an Idiot!!!

should not matter just line up the marks and give it a try<br /><br />tommays
 

waterone1@aol.com

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Re: Trim Sending Starboard - I'm an Idiot!!!

The sender is only a single rotation but does not have any stops....so, it starts over with each revolution....you can turn it 100 times and will not matter.
 
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