96 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp doesn't trim all the way up

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I have a 96 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp on a Hydrasports 205fs.


I can tilt the engine all the way up and down, trim works well up and down, but it doesn't go as high as last fall on the guage and I've lost 500rpm and 6 or 7 mph off my top end.

First thing I should verify my gauge is accurate, but loosing speed and rpm indicates that the trim truly isn't going as high as last year.

How should I proceed?
 

daselbee

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Re: 96 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp doesn't trim all the way up

There is a trim limit switch located on the tilt pivot tube. It is between the two transom mounting brackets, and is very hard to get to.

Maybe adjustment is needed. Follow the wire snaking up into the area described.
 

boobie

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Re: 96 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp doesn't trim all the way up

First thing to do is check the fluid level in it.
 
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Re: 96 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp doesn't trim all the way up

I know it's been a while...

I checked the fluid level and it's completely full. The limit switch on the tilt tube seems to be a tilt adjust not trim. It only seems to set where the engine stops tilting up so it doesn't hit the splash well.

Any other ideas?
 

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Re: 96 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp doesn't trim all the way up

Did you check the fluid level in the full tilted position ??
 

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Re: 96 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp doesn't trim all the way up

If you lost 500rpm you may have a mtr prob, not in the t/t.
 
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Re: 96 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp doesn't trim all the way up

If you lost 500rpm you may have a mtr prob, not in the t/t.

It's possible, but the motor doesn't trim as high as it did back in the fall. Last fall as I trimmed higher, the speed increased and so did the RPM. I assumed that the loss in RPM's was because of the loss in trim height...
 
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