I have a 91celebrity with a 5.7. I can trim the motor down, but not up. Would this just be the button? Maybe a cut or split wire? Anyone else had this issue?
I have a 91celebrity with a 5.7. I can trim the motor down, but not up. Would this just be the button? Maybe a cut or split wire? Anyone else had this issue?
There is no trailer button which is annoying. A second button would def help figuring out the problem, but no. There is also no click, no noise, and no attempt when I hold the button up. Gonna pull the throttle off and see if somehow maybe a wire got cut in there.
You should have a way to raise the outdrive all the way up. Is your trim button a two position switch, in other words does it have a detent, where if you push really hard past the first stop the outdrive goes all the way up? You have two round switches on the gimbal ring on the outdrive. The one on the port side is the trim limit, and the one on the starboard side is the position sensor. The gauge working has nothing to do with your problem. Chances are that you have a problem with the trim limit circuit.
Do not mess with the throttle until you check out the trim limit circuit! Go to the stern and locate two black wires that come through the transom that go into two connectors: one with a purple/white wire and one with 2 blue/white wires. Unplug the black wires and with a short piece of insulated wire, jumper between the connectors. Try the switch, if it works the problem is the trim limit circuit.
Here is the troubleshooting info for the trim, including the wiring diagram.
Assuming you actually have the Alpha I Gen II outdrive. You don't really say what drive you have.
It will work for other drives, but you should know what drive you have as well.
Did you try bypassing the trim limit circuit like suggested above? If the bypass works then it is not the switch. BTW if you do not have a trailer switch, then how do you raise the outdrive all the way up?
Here is the troubleshooting info for the trim, including the wiring diagram.
Assuming you actually have the Alpha I Gen II outdrive. You don't really say what drive you have.
It will work for other drives, but you should know what drive you have as well.
If you locate the purple/white trim wire that connects to the black trim limit switch wire in the stern, unplug the black wire and with a voltmeter to the connector and ground you should read 12V when you push the switch.
Feel like an idiot. Boating my whole life and never understood what the "trailer" switch was for on the throttle. It does exist on this boat and does work up and down.
I just bypassed the trim limit switch and it worked. I wont have time to fix that switch so I guess I will be leaving it that way for a bit.
Will that create any issues down the road?
