Re: [OMC-Boats] Tilt not working on 1967 Sportsman 120

the big cylinder is the starter. One red is definitely power to the
tilt motor (via the starter post) The other red wire is probably
coming from the battery. On my '64 Buick 155, there's a blue and
white for up and green and white for down. (confirm up vs down - i'm
going from memory here). Not sure what the green and yellow wires
are. Plain green sounds like one of the shift wires. Yellow
doesn't sound familiar - maybe added later by someone...

Lee has some wiring diagrams posted - wiring diagrams look
intimidating at first, but can become your friend after studying them
for 2 weeks straight:

http://hhscott.com/evinrude/wiring.htm

On Aug 10, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Nexi wrote:

> Found them when my second set of hands got here. Had them hit the
> switch so I could track the solenoids down. They are at the top rear
> mounted to the engine block. I'm thinking that I can check the motor
> itself by running power straight to it. Only problem is figuring out
> what wires are what. I see 2 red wires going to something cylinder
> in shape on the bottom of the engine compartment just next to the
> drive. Then I see a green and a yellow wire going out through the
> drive section and don't know where they end.
>
> From: Andy Perakes <aperakes@...>
> To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's <omc-boats@...
> >
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:57:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Tilt not working on 1967 Sportsman 120
>
> I'm not sure about the 120, but on my 155, the solenoids are on the
> top rear of the engine compartment. I can't remember if they mount
> to the stern drive housing or the engine block, but there's not a
> lot of real estate and they should be easy to find either way if
> they're in the same place. There are 2 solenoids, one to the left
> and one to the right, (up and down I think, but again can't remember
> for sure as that repair was a good 20 years ago).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nexi
> To: omc-boats@...
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 9:05 PM
> Subject: [OMC-Boats] Tilt not working on 1967 Sportsman 120
>
> I went ahead and bought a battery, Marine - Starting, and started
> testing things out on the dash. Blower checks out ok but the tilt
> isn't working. I can hear a clicking in the rear when I flip the
> switch, but the engine isn't tilting. From researching a bit it
> seems the tilt is controlled by a solenoid. How do I track down the
> problem? Is it possible that the solenoid is bad even though it is
> clicking? Bad contacts perhaps?
>
> Right now I'm waiting for a second set of hands so I can figure out
> where the solenoid is located.
>
>
>
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Received on Tuesday, 11 August 2009