Relay or Trim switch??

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lisfisher

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My tilt/trim lowers down fine but works intermittently when pressing the up button. I can hear a "click" at the relay when I press the button but no movement most of the time.Once in a while it will "catch" and raise up. Does this sound like a relay or should I replace the switch?
 
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Re: Relay or Trim switch??

The click at least means the switch is working and the relay is energizing but it could have bad contacts inside. If you jumper the 2 big wires on the relay and the pump/motor works everytime it's probably a bad relay.
 
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Re: Relay or Trim switch??

just to be sure , am I correct in saying the relay is the part that looks similar to the solenoid , and has the blue wire from the trim up switch going to it?
 
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Re: Relay or Trim switch??

Lisfisher, There are PTT systems with one or two solenoids. I will presume your reference to the relay means the solenoid, since there is no relay. You need to jumper the solenoid secondary (red wire from battery) to the non-black (non-ground) wire on the solenoid primary (small terminal) winding. If the trim works well, you have a bad switch or bad trim limit switch. if the up is intermittent, jumper across the solenoid secondary (battey cable to blue wire). If the motor works well, you have a bad solenoid.

How well does your trim work if you push both middle and top buttons ar the same time?
 
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Re: Relay or Trim switch??

not sure what you mean when you say "push both middle and top buttons at the same time".
 
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Re: Relay or Trim switch??

Spoke to someone at Mercury yesterday , he said I have two relay's and to swap them ,then see if the trim up works.Well I looked for the relays and there are none.Just two solenoids way up towards the top of the engine. How can I tell which one is for trim up? Also , the liquid neoprene is neccessary for this part , on the screws - what does liquid neoprene do ?
 
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Re: Relay or Trim switch??

Some people call solenoids relays and visa versa. The liquid neoprene just acts as a sealer to prevent the connections from corroding. What year and size of motor is this. Chris was asking about switch, the older Mercs actually had a 3 button (on the dash) switch plate, is your switch on the throttle?
 
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Re: Relay or Trim switch??

ok I was able to figure this out over the weekend , with the help of all who responded here. I do not have relay's.I have two solenoids for the up/down function. I swapped them out over the weekend to see if one was dead.Sure enough after I swapped them,now the up function works and the down does not. Problem solved.Thanks for the help!!
 
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