Outdrive goes down, wont come up. 1996 Mercury 350 alpha 1 drive

mikethepike

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My brother in law washed the bilge for me this wknd and after he did the Outdrive wont go up, only down. When you hit the button up , it just clicks...did he get the pump wet and i have to wait let the connections dry:facepalm:? 1996 Mercury 350 with an alpha 1 drive. Pump sae j1171
 

dingdongs

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Re: Outdrive goes down, wont come up. 1996 Mercury 350 alpha 1 drive

solinoid maybe wet or connections full of water
you could test by taking a live red cable at solinoid and jumping directly to the blue cable.should now go up.
remember blue for sky up
green for grass down.
 

mikethepike

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Re: Outdrive goes down, wont come up. 1996 Mercury 350 alpha 1 drive

Thanks, i'll give this a shot today
 

mikethepike

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Re: Outdrive goes down, wont come up. 1996 Mercury 350 alpha 1 drive

Don, is there a sheet for when the solenoids do click? The motor runs in the down positon but clicks on the up position?Wont go up at all w/ the trailer mode/ so i can rule out the shifter switch
 

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Re: Outdrive goes down, wont come up. 1996 Mercury 350 alpha 1 drive

to prove a point and you have 2 solenoids switch them over.this should change the working and not working around.its a great chance that the solenoid thats playing up now is carp .the clicking your hearing is just proving your trim hand button is giving a signal but the inner workings which energises a coil within has failed .
did you test by running a 12v+ve directly to the blue cable as in my earlier post worked.
 

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Re: Outdrive goes down, wont come up. 1996 Mercury 350 alpha 1 drive

Don, is there a sheet for when the solenoids do click?

That is a 5 page download, have a look at the other 4 pages.
 

mikethepike

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Re: Outdrive goes down, wont come up. 1996 Mercury 350 alpha 1 drive

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did you test by running a 12v+ve directly to the blue cable as in my earlier post worked.


I jumped the solenoid from the red to the blue and it went up!!!!!--that is after it sparked :) . I changed the solenoid and all is well.

Thanks for the confidence on this. I'm just a bit claustrophobic so it took me a few tries before it was snug.
 

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Re: Outdrive goes down, wont come up. 1996 Mercury 350 alpha 1 drive

great news so now enjoy your fishing!!!!!
 
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