trim and tilt gage?

[c ball]

I have an 93 Evinrude 120 V4 and the trim gage on the dash quit working ,what could the trouble be? thanks

 

[v12mac]

Re: trim and tilt gage?

I am not a mechanic but when mine stopped working it was the little spring loaded sensor on the tilt tube crusted up with salt and gunk and stuck in the down position.

Mac

 

[Silvertip]

Re: trim and tilt gage?

The trouble could be: 1) bad gauge, 2) bad sender, 3) bad wiring at the sender, at the gauge, or between the gauge and sender. The gauge needs 12V with the key on, ground, and the sense line from the sender needs to feed a signal to the gauge. If any of those are missing, the gauge won't work.

 

[ccnstlr]

Re: trim and tilt gage?

The sender on the motor the probable culprit. As v12mac says. I had the same problem, salt water got to it and it was stuck in the down position. Although freeing it up did not correct the problem on mine, as the sender itself is bad. There are tests for it explained in the repair manuals.

 

[c ball]

Re: trim and tilt gage?

Thanks guys, I'll check that test out.I been running the boat without the trim gage working but it would be nice to have.