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    Ground Cable

    I have a mercruiser 5.0 and have been fighting a voltage drop when I engauge the trim/tilt. I have two batteries with a battery swith. If I have the switch on battery one which has the ground wire running to the block i get a voltage drop that causes some of the gauges to stop working and the...
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    Trim/Tilt Button Voltage Drop

    I have 218 ls Monterey with a Mercruiser 5.0. When I press the trim button on the contols the gauges ( Fuel and Voltage ) drop as if the key is off. I have a feeling that I have a grounding problem somewhere but don't know where to start. I put a volt meter on both batteries and am getting 12.8...
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    Trim/Tilt Problem

    I have a Mercruiser 5.0 with an Alpha 1 drive. When I trim the out drive the radio shuts off. When I release the trim button the radio will come back on. Any thoughts on what might cause to happen? Everthing was working fine before the boat sat up this past winter. I have two new batteries so...
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