starsteve31005
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- May 26, 2019
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1998 115 Tohatsu. Trimmed motor up and added some fluid and then wouldn't trim down (Last summer). This weekend I start working on it; first replaced battery. Trim motor runs but no movement. Air in line I think and cannot move motor at all to get air out, stuck. I have blow torched the manual release screw and have an ease out in but when turning with a pipe over the wrench it gets to a point where if will either break the ease out or destroy the screw. It's a saltwater motor and is probably ceased pretty good. Also, the manual screw was trashed, no groove, when this problem started. Closest mechanic wants 250 and hour and parts. If the pump runs I feel like the system is good just has air in it, so what's the work around to get the air out? Take the seals off and let it just flow all out and reseal and start over?