trim pump?

[Ball75]

if this is in the wrong area, i appologize. I am currently working on getting a 75 viking deck boat back out on the water. I aquired it here last year and put a new deck on it this spring and now working on fixing the wiring that the mice had eaten. The Boat is a 75 Viking 18' deck boat with the 140hp in bord motor. The below picture is a part that is in my engine bay, hense the posting in engine. It has two wires coming out of it. One grounded on a silinoid and the other flopping in the breeze. The colore is purple with a white stripe. My question is one, what is the part, and two where is it supposed to be wired in at? I am new to this style of boat. Thank you in advance for all the help.

 

[Ball75]

I am not able to post a picture for some reason, says i dont have permissions. So ill try to explain. it is about 12' long, has two oil, i believe, comming into it. The lines go down under the motor and into the drive. I think this is the pump swich for the trim, but the wires do not go into the plug that connects to the buttons that run my trim.

 

[Ball75]

picture

 

[Alumarine]

Welcome.
You need to have a certain number of posts before you can upload pictures.

Does it look like this?
If so, it's your trim level sender. I sends info the the trim gauge on your dash.
It's not critical..

 

[Ball75]

That is exactly it! Glad i could explain it good enough. That big of a unit just for the gage, wow. Ok thank you. So then i am assuming the hot wire for that should go to the trim gauge then?

 

[Bt Doctur]

Another old ghost brought back from the grave.

 

[Alumarine]

I'll have to look for a wiring diagram for that.
Those wires aren't hot. They have variable resistance for the gauge.

 

[Alumarine]

I can't find a diagram but as I recall the Black goes to ground and the Purple/white goes to the sender terminal on the trim gauge.

Most likely the trim limit switch on the drive which is in a place that you can't access will no longer be working.
This part is no longer available so you will have to use the trailer button as a trim or bypass the limit switch.