tilt

[Blue_Runner]

Who's ready for round 2 of money burning!?!?

As reported, replacement tilt/trim installed, functioning, test driven with no issues. Then in the shop I notice fluid puddling....uh oh. Blew it off that it might have been from the original unit so I cleaned it up in the morning. That afternoon had another puddle. WTF. Looks like fluid leaking around the trim motor housing? Upon further inspection of the 3 bolts that you can access, 2 aren't even hand tight, the third is backed out 1/8 inch. Tried to tighten one and it won't tighten even slightly (stripped!). Took the other one out to find it was only 1/2 a bolt with epoxy on the end of it - NICE!

Emailed my eBay guy, he says no problem ship it back to me, so this one is going back tomorrow afternoon. Hope I don't have to pay the 2x shipping but better than being out of $740 smackers all together.

Anyway, always heard 3rd time is the charm, so fingers crossed.

p.s. Got me thinking even harder about getting a new 2015 150 4 stroke ~$11,500 on Boats.net. BUT, I need a new(er) truck and buy my youngest daughter a car and my oldest daughter just started 1st year of college, yada yada yada.... Maybe next year, we'll see....got to get this one fixed either way.