"74" Johnson 85hp tilt/trim

Ross J

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Tilt/trim wire found broken clean off. Me thinks problem easily solved so I replaced the wire and it didn't work.<br />I looked around and traced all the appropriate wiring and nothing obvious was found. At the last moment I tweaked the tilt switch and the blasted thing worked just fine. I sat there for 15 minutes, up, down, up, down and it worked just fine.<br />Question - I'm wondering if tweaking the connections whilst I was looking about may have helped. Can anybody think of an obvious reason for this to come right?<br />Ross
 

OBJ

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Re: "74" Johnson 85hp tilt/trim

Ross...by tweaking, you mean jiggling or taking the connection apart and putting it back together? If so, yes it can happen.
 

boatmec04

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Re: "74" Johnson 85hp tilt/trim

I've Found 9 time's out of 10 that the switchs get corroded or spiders mess them up. Best to just replace the switch.
 

twigster43

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Re: "74" Johnson 85hp tilt/trim

i have a 74 85hp the trim comes up but wont always go back done .. think need rebuild kit but cant find one or a manual to tell me how to bleed it off
any help ??????????
 
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