Evinrude Trim Issues

[bradford]

Tried lightly tapping it with a hammer?

[2LazyHounds]

So I finally got the trim relays I needed and the weather is cooperating. The good news is it got the motor moving. The bad news is it's only moving a few inches before stopping. I can hear what sounds like a bubbling noise when I hit the up or down button. After watching a dozen YouTube videos I'm fairly certain I bled the air properly. Are there any seals or gaskets I should be inspecting to see if they have failed? I've never owned a boat with power trim before so this is uncharted territory for me. I'm really hoping I don't need to replace the whole assembly. Also, the motor is a 1994, not 2000 as I previously stated. Not sure where that came from...

[Striper80]

On my 98 I had the same issue. It turned out to be a bad wire on the limit switch. I replaced the section and it works.

[2LazyHounds]

Upon further inspection I noticed that there are two wires that go from the motor to the trim motor, a blue one and a green one. The blue one has been smashed almost flat where it enters the trim motor. I borrowed a voltmeter tonight and will check tomorrow to ensure there is enough power going to the trim motor. That'll be a $200+ fix if it's the problem.

[Striper80]

Maybe you can disassemble the motor and repair the wire.

[phatdaddy]

Should be able to put 12vt to those wires and make motor go up and down, this will eliminate all variables upstream of motor.

Hot wire to one at a time, unit grounds through the frame, hope that makes sense. One damaged wire is going to give you loss of one function.

[2LazyHounds]

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.

[phatdaddy]

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