1980 Evinrude 75 hp

rongarrett

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I recently acquired a pristine 80 Rude 75 hp. My manual sez for this year only there was only one trim solenoid and it was assigned to "up", "down" just ran thru the trim switch. Before I install this motor on my boat, I want to make the trim function better. I am set to use two solenoids, One for "up" and one for "down". The trim motor is three wire so this setup will work. However, when searching for a motor mounted trim switch I found one that sez it is rated for 50 amps. This trim motor is rated at 24 - 26 amps "up" and 20 amps "down".

My question is: has anyone bypassed using the solenoids and just used this 50 amp rated switch directly? Results?
 
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