I have a 1975 Carver Santa Cruz that I have been completely rebuilding yet taking it out every now and then when I can. It has a 225 HP Ford 302 Engine with a pre alpha gimbal and it now has a SE106 outdrive. The trim use to work great until one day the port trim cylinder popped on the side. Since then i have gone through 4 sets of cylinders in 2 months. Grant it, i bought all of these sets used but was told that they were working when they took them off. I would then put them on the boat and it would work fine for a day or a week then POW!!! busted. I have probably spent about $15,000 restoring and about 2000 hours of my time invested in this boat and this trim has gotten me so agitated. Me and the wife are on vacation this week so that we can boat all week in the Ohio river. Right now it works but I can already feel to much pressure, and slow. It always goes down. Always messes up when trimming up. I have the old 3 button trim switch in cabin and ran a mom togle to the flybridge. Bypassed wires so that i can trim in nuetral. So if you have any ideas hit me.
