I thought about that but unless I can take the cover off the motor I don't think it's going to happen. There's just not enough slack to cut and splice.

wires should go to a quick disconnect plugs up under the cowling somewhere. disconnect there and jump hot wire to male end going to trim motor

I think I've narrowed the issue down to the frayed wire on the trim motor. Now I guess there is nothing to do but wait for pay day and replace it. At least it's cheaper than a new boat.

The saga continues...finally got a new trim motor. Went to a local place rather than ordering it online. The guy asked what year and horsepower the motor is then brought out a trim motor with a different part number than what I had researched. When I asked him about the difference he explained the part number he had superseded mine. Ok I thought, this place has a good reputation and he has a parts catalog thicker than a New York City phone book. Swipe of my card and home I go one happy camper. Until I go to install it and realize the connections on the wires are not the same. Not even close. And now they're closed until Monday. So my Father's Day out on the water is ruined and I'm furious. Should've just got it online.

Can't you just cut and splice the old connector on the new motor? If the motor physically bolts to the trim pump that's what I'd do.

Thought about that. But for $200+ I'm not going to start cutting stuff just to make it work. My thought is that if the wires don't match up, my luck the whole thing would be wrong. I found another shop that has the correct part number I need. Just have to get my money back first.

So I finally got the correct trim motor I needed. Boy was that old one a real pain to get off. After almost 6 weeks of my boat being a driveway ornament I had high hopes for finally getting on the water. I had everything hooked up and tried to get the motor to budge. Nothing. I can hear the new trim motor trying to work but the damn thing won't move an inch. I'm really starting to worry that this is going to become an expensive problem to fix. Any thoughts?

Ok, so lets go thru this step by step. You say you can hear the trim motor trying to work. What does that mean? Is the motor actually running, or do you just hear the solenoid(s) clicking in? If the motor is running (you can hear it humming/whineing) then the next step is the pump itself. Does it have fluid? If there's a bypass valve is it closed? Can you take off one of the hoses to the hydraulic cylinder to check if fluid is actually getting to/flowing to the cylinder when the pump is running? You said you and a friend lifted the engine to get the boat home... So I'm presuming from that sentence that the cylinder itself is not bound/stuck. But as a last resort I'd disconnect the cylinder rod from the engine and see if I could manually pull it open and closed. In short you want to make sure that everything is capable of working the way that it should.

So update 17 or whatever we're on now. After some tinkering around and adding more fluid I finally got things working. Mostly. The motor will trim all the way down but not all the way up. My boat has two trim rods and the main cylinder that is connected to the motor. It will only go as far up as the two trim rods will lift it. After that, nothing. I can manually lift the motor all the way, which is quite heavy, so I know that cylinder is not stuck. Thoughts?

When u lift manually,do u have to loosen the bleed screw.