Need help analyzing a problem. It is 1987 model boat, probably the original trolling motor on this boat. My trolling motor will not run. I hear a click in the motor when I press the foot pedal. The motor will rotate when the pedal is pressed, but the prop will not run.
Where do I start to analyze the problem?
Clean the connector on the foot pedal cable. If that doesn't help, remove the cover from the motor and feed 12 volts directly to the motor. If it still doesn't run, you have a motor problem. If the motor runs, you very likely have a foot pedal problem. Those pedals did not like being left in the rain and otherwise wet conditions. A new one is about $75 at here on IBOATS.
Sorry it took so long to reply. I opened the motor and put power direct to the motor, and it ran. I bought a new foot pedal, plugged it in , and still have the same problem. When I push the switch on, i hear a click, but the motor does not run. What else should I check?
Stepping on the foot switch and hearing a click should have told you the foot pedal is ok. Its the relay that's clicking so it is being energized, but the load contacts on that relay are apparently bad. Check the output of the relay and replace it if you don't see 12V when you step on the pedal.
OK, I took apart the base of the motor and found the relay and a board with several parts ( a couple of round things and some dohickies, sorry about being so technical). The wires that feed in, has 12v, when I step on the pedal I do not get anything out of the wires that lead to the motor. This probably means the relay or something on this board is bad. Do I have to buy a new assembly, or detemine what part is bad, and can I get through iboats?
Whether or not you can replace the individual components depends on your ability to search out off the shelf parts that work the same as those on the board even though they may not look the same. You will not find individual electronic parts of this nature at iBoats. You will likely not get them from Minnkota either as they consider the board the replaceable assembly, not individual components. Relays are fairly common but you need to know the form factor in order to buy a generic replacement. Therein lies the problem. Those parts are not generally marked, and even if they are, they are probably marked with a Minnkota number which only Minnkota can tell you who the vendor was and what the physical and electrical characteristics are.
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