Tilt and trim on a 1980 Evenrude 100

[RAC]

my tilt and trim seems to have gone belly up.<br /><br />when I press the button to raise or lower the motor, all I hear is a "CLUNK' like the noise you get with a flat battery in a car.<br /><br />I’ve checked battery, its fine. boat starts. all terminal points are clean as a whistle.<br /><br />C.I.A (Cheers In Advance)

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Tilt and trim on a 1980 Evenrude 100

Greetings and welcome to the board. I will be willing to guess you have a corrosion problem. Remove every (YES EVERY) wire one at a time and sand the connection with emery cloth (or 200 sand paper) and re-attach them. The clunk you are hearing is the trim solinoid which is identical to a car starter solinoid. Try that and let us know what happens.<br /><br />Bob

 

[petryshyn]

Re: Tilt and trim on a 1980 Evenrude 100

while attempting to tilt, check for power between the green and blue wires going to motor. If you have power there and the motor refuses to operate, its a motor issue. If no power there will triming, check the relays and possibly a fuse for the TnT.

 

[RAC]

Re: Tilt and trim on a 1980 Evenrude 100

thanks for all the info. she goes up and down ( now Ive cleaned the right conections)<br /><br />one more question... there is a small screw on the right hand side of the motor, I unscrewed this a wee bit to far (it allows you to manually lift the motor)<br />now when I operate the trim, Oil squirts out)<br /><br />B.O.A.T = Bring Out Another Thousand...