Let me start off by saying that I am new to this forum and to the boating world. And a little history would probably be in order as well. I got my first boat last summer and fished with it all summer. The boat was a 1983 Thundercraft 15ft. with a 80hp mariner also a 1983 with power tilt/trim. I noticed one day that the upper mounting bolts where a bit sunk in at the transom and it was cracking the fiberglass. I started doing research on replacing the transom and quickly learned it was probably well beyond my know how. I found a 16 ft 72 Ebbtide that had a fresh transom so I picked it up for pretty cheap. I commenced to transfering my motor over to the new boat and that is when the problems began. Now my tilt trim was stock i guess because it is integrated in the control box/ throttle box whatever you call it. First...my tilt trim does not work at all. There is a ribbon cable coming from the control box with 4 wires. That cable goes first to the trim motor via a plug that looks alot like a wall plug. also it goes to two wires going into the trim ram. Please remember I really am a newby so be gentle, lol. Second, when I was transfering the control box over, I had to disconnect the tilt/trim plug, and then disconnect the thottle/shift cables out of the back of the control box and when I put them back on, now the motor will only crank when it is in gear. I know I must have jacked something up but I thought it was a simple transfer. That will teach me I guess. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just dont know where to go from here.
