reelfishin
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I picked up a 50 HP Evinrude the other day, it's missing what I think was power tilt and trim, or at least part of it.
There's no tag on the transom mount, and the frost plug is blank.
It's a VRO motor, there are tags on the pump inlet stating that it's alcohol resistant and the entire motor is painted dark blue with about a 3 inch band of white pinstripes with "Evinrude" with in that area on each side. I was told it was a 1996, but my guess is more like a few years earlier. Going by process of elimination looking up each year at BRP, I am assuming that it's at least a 1990. (I have or have had 1985 thru 1989 models, and this paint scheme is different than any of those years).
The entire transom bracket consists of the hinge/tube that holds the steering cable, and a left and right side bracket. If I remove the end nut on the steering tube, I can remove each side bracket. There is what looks like a partial piston which looks like the ram piston in the 1990 or later parts diagram. There is nothing to latch the motor manually down, it rests with the cross pin or trim adjustment bar touching the back of the motor or steering pivot on the motor. When put in reverse, it jumps up with any throttle, so there's nothing holding it down.
My best guess is that this had power trim, (the controls have the T&T switch, there are two relays but the wires are cut both at the controls and the relays. The motor has 135 psi compression on each cylinder, runs like new and has a brand new stainless prop. I drove the boat it was on to the ramp myself after about a 20 minute ride to the marina. The boat was junk, but the motor runs great.
Might anyone have any picks of what I may be missing on this? Can I convert this to manual tilt properly or do I need a completely different transom mount?
My 1988 50HP with power tilt has a single external, (outside of the transom bracket), tilt cylinder, this whole bracket on this one is different, even the mid section and pivot pin look different.
It appears to me that when they removed the T&T unit, they left the piston there since they couldn't figure out how to remove it, but did remove what ever lower stop or catch it had. There are empty holes through the bracket both at the top and at the bottom, I assume they are where the T&T mounts?
There's no tag on the transom mount, and the frost plug is blank.
It's a VRO motor, there are tags on the pump inlet stating that it's alcohol resistant and the entire motor is painted dark blue with about a 3 inch band of white pinstripes with "Evinrude" with in that area on each side. I was told it was a 1996, but my guess is more like a few years earlier. Going by process of elimination looking up each year at BRP, I am assuming that it's at least a 1990. (I have or have had 1985 thru 1989 models, and this paint scheme is different than any of those years).
The entire transom bracket consists of the hinge/tube that holds the steering cable, and a left and right side bracket. If I remove the end nut on the steering tube, I can remove each side bracket. There is what looks like a partial piston which looks like the ram piston in the 1990 or later parts diagram. There is nothing to latch the motor manually down, it rests with the cross pin or trim adjustment bar touching the back of the motor or steering pivot on the motor. When put in reverse, it jumps up with any throttle, so there's nothing holding it down.
My best guess is that this had power trim, (the controls have the T&T switch, there are two relays but the wires are cut both at the controls and the relays. The motor has 135 psi compression on each cylinder, runs like new and has a brand new stainless prop. I drove the boat it was on to the ramp myself after about a 20 minute ride to the marina. The boat was junk, but the motor runs great.
Might anyone have any picks of what I may be missing on this? Can I convert this to manual tilt properly or do I need a completely different transom mount?
My 1988 50HP with power tilt has a single external, (outside of the transom bracket), tilt cylinder, this whole bracket on this one is different, even the mid section and pivot pin look different.
It appears to me that when they removed the T&T unit, they left the piston there since they couldn't figure out how to remove it, but did remove what ever lower stop or catch it had. There are empty holes through the bracket both at the top and at the bottom, I assume they are where the T&T mounts?
