Alpha one gen 2 won't trim down

[mfowler01]

Recently replaced bellows, gimbal bearing and trim limit & sender on 2002 Bayliner. Somehow, during the process, one of the cylinders, while disconnected, extended. In order to connect the cylinders to the outdrive I push the up botton and the unextended cylinder extended to the length of the other. I connected the cyclinders to the outdrive (outdrive is up as far as it will go now) but now it won't come down.

I hear the pump running when the up button is pushed but not when I push the down button. I do hear the solenoid engage but the pump isn't running. Had no problem with triming up or down before tearing the outdrive down. Any ideas what could be my problem? Thanks.

 

[Bt Doctur]

take a heavy jumper from the pos battery and touch the Green wire from the pump pump should run. If yes, the solenoid is bad

 

[mfowler01]

Problem solved. I seriously consider jumping the pump like you suggested. Instead, I decided to use my volt ohm meter and see if I was getting power out of the solenoid. Turned out I wasn't, even thought the solenoid sounded like it was closing. I had purchased solenoids years ago just in case I needed them, so I had some on hand. Installed both and everything works great. Thanks so much for the tip and the quick response.