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[THEFERMANATOR]

Sounds almost like the trailering button to me from the description. The trim and tilt switch in the binnacle is supposed to be limited by the trim limit switch on the outdrive so that you don't accidentally trim the outdrive to high while underway(but the trim limit switch burns out OFTEN, so most are bypassed). So they put a seperate button on the dash to allow you to trim the outdrive the rest of the way up.

[roffey]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

Sounds almost like the trailering button to me from the description. The trim and tilt switch in the binnacle is supposed to be limited by the trim limit switch on the outdrive so that you don't accidentally trim the outdrive to high while underway(but the trim limit switch burns out OFTEN, so most are bypassed). So they put a seperate button on the dash to allow you to trim the outdrive the rest of the way up.

I think you may be right, I am unable to put the outdrive down. It sounds like it is going down but the drive does not move... I'll give that a try, I bet if I hold the button and press the down... things may happen.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by roffey

I think you may be right, I am unable to put the outdrive down. It sounds like it is going down but the drive does not move... I'll give that a try, I bet if I hold the button and press the down... things may happen.

That's not how the system works. The down button should always put the drive down. You may have a stuck ram on yours if the motor is running and it isn't going down.

[phatdaddy]

ferm,no knowledge of i/o's, but is there a trailer lock lever like on an ob?

[smokeonthewater]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

ferm,no knowledge of i/o's, but is there a trailer lock lever like on an ob?

no but there COULD be trailering clips snapped onto the rams

[roffey]

Originally Posted by smokeonthewater

no but there COULD be trailering clips snapped onto the rams

I quickly looked at the rams and can't see anything but I will look harder. As I said it sounds like the outdrive is going down...

[randlemanboater]

Had a 1984 model Merc tower of power on a boat and it had a "trailer" button on it...but it said "trailer" on it...and when you pushed it, the motor tilted all the way up.

[roffey]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

That's not how the system works. The down button should always put the drive down. You may have a stuck ram on yours if the motor is running and it isn't going down.

If I push the down button I hear the hydraulics motor run but the outdrive does not go down. I will be out to the boat on Friday and take some pictures. I have the boat at a mechanic who has a I/O and is good with this sort of stuff.

I'll post back on Friday or Saturday, thanks for all the input so far.