Re: My trim guage is not working? OMC 4.3
I have the same exact boat! Bought it used 3 years ago. It has done good so far. I need to do some preventive maintenance I'm sure. I should get a manual or something.
They said the Lever rubs against the drive? I see no possible way for this to happen or something is missing??
(Sorry to all in advance for the small thread hijack here.) Small world it is finding another 90' Freedom 195 out there. Actually, I've seen two, both in very good shape like mine, on the lake (Skaneateles- -one of Finger Lakes west of Syracuse) where we keep our boat. Both of these Freedom 195's were maroon in color like mine too. If yours is also that color that would further my theory that it was the only color for that model in that year. I grabbed the original 1990 brochure (still available but don't have the link handy) from the Four Winns corporate site and boat pics within are all maroon. I'd shoot you over some pics for comparision if I had your e-mail address.
In regards to the trim gauge. As I said earlier, mine has never worked. I thought about fixing it but I wouldn't use it anyways since I like to trim by feel and rooster tail given the amount of weight on the boat at that moment. Best of luck on this and let us know how you make out on the repair. I'd be certainly interested if it's a quick fix or not and maybe I'll mess with mine and have a complete dash of working gauges.
Oh, if you're interested in getting a manual. I think I just Googled boat manuals, or something like that, and I found mine for just over $20. Answers a lot of questions. It's usually the first thing I buy when I get another car or boat or whatever toy. I'm pretty handy with a wrench but the manual lets me know what kind of job I'm getting into, thus increasing my patience to do it, before I do it.