No Games James
Cadet
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- Feb 24, 2015
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I've got a 79 javelin 100 with tilt and trim. It was a free boat/engine and I wanted to fix it all up. Anyway I took the outboard off the boat and hung it from the ceiling and removed the tilt and trim assembly. It looked like it could use some freshening up. I tried to run it off a battery but I got no response. I took the electric motor off and then realized water and dirt/gunk had gotten into the system from the large o-ring from the motor. I then powered up the electric motor and it worked as it should. I removed the hydraulic pump from underneath the motor and tried to turn it with a screwdriver. It wouldn't budge. So I took that apart and put it back together and now it turns easily. I reinstalled everything and added trim fluid to the fill hole. At first the electric motor ran weak and hardly at all. Then I added more fluid and the trim motor ran like it should. Im thinking the pump was a little dry. The hydraulics worked sometimes but not very well. I kept the unit upright and added more fluid while trying to let the air out every so often. Anyway now the tilt and trim will not go up at all but it goes down very well. I had to release the pressure and pull up the tilt tube by hand and then run it down with the motor. Im just trying get advice on what to do now. Keep trying to add fluid and bleed it or what???