Finally got it up!

Update on the tilt problems.

Volvo (hydraulic) tilt:
Turned out to be a bad fuse! Very strange problem though. The fuse has a hairline crack, probably a stress fracture from vibration. The fuse would pass voltage through but not current. I could consistantly measure voltage on the supply side of the relay until the pump was actuated. I checked the voltage on the load side of the relay with the pump connected and it was zero. I measured voltage when the pump was disconnected. I jumpered the relay with a wire and had the same result. I traced the wire to a very strange looking Volvo 55A fuse on the power side of the starter. I removed the fuse and measured the continuity and came up with 2.2K ohms. I put my battery booster directly on the hydraulic pump and it worked in both directions. Replaced the fuse with a new one and all is well. Very odd for a fuse to act that way. It was a lot of head scratching and supposing but for the cost of a fuse, I'm back in the water.

OMC (electro mechanical) drive.
Removed the large moment gear on the back of the drive. The drive lifted manually with little effort. Checked the tilt motor with the gear off and it worked fine. The clutch worked and the drive gear rotated normally in both directions. Put the moment gear back on the drive and everything is back to normal. I suspect that the drive was just jammed in the down position. As I had stated before, when I lowered the drive, my finger did not release the switch quickly enough and the drive hit the home stop quite hard. It is a good practice with the OMC drive to just bump the switch until the drive is home. I'll have to be more careful in the future.

It was a little frustrating to have both boats down at the same time but in the end all it took was a little troubleshooting and a fuse to get back in the water again. If all boat problems were that simple to fix we could log a lot more hours on our boats.

Thanks to all who replied. This is a great resource!

Bass O Matic II
Crusin again