This is a 99 vintage Alpha 1, Gen 2 drive... I somehow got water in my trim system so now I've resealed the trim cylinders, blew out the hoses, removed the trim motor/pump assy to remove and clean out the reservoir, screens and pump assy. I've reassembled the motor/pump/reservoir and filled with 10W-30 in hopes of bench checking it before reinstalling it in the boat.
The motor sounds normal but I'm not getting any real flow from the up or down fittings/ports. Each port spits pretty good like it's trying to move fluid but I'm thinking that it should fire out a pretty strong and steady stream which it definitely is not. It's sort of like it's sucking in air but it's such a basic system from the pickup screens to output ports that I can't see how this could be the cause.
Thoughts and advice are appreciated while I still have some hair left.
The motor sounds normal but I'm not getting any real flow from the up or down fittings/ports. Each port spits pretty good like it's trying to move fluid but I'm thinking that it should fire out a pretty strong and steady stream which it definitely is not. It's sort of like it's sucking in air but it's such a basic system from the pickup screens to output ports that I can't see how this could be the cause.
Thoughts and advice are appreciated while I still have some hair left.
