Re: [OMC-Boats] '67 Surfer: Drive Unit power tilt issue question

Hi John:

On the 16' models I'm familier with, the tilt solenoids (relays) are mounted on the "adapter housing" just behind the engine block. The "up" solenoid has blue/blue-stripe wires going to/from it and the "down" solenoid has green/green-stripe wires. The solenoids themselves are identical.

I've never done it, but theoretically you could switch the solenoids or switch the wires to test for a bad one.

I've got plenty of experience with tilts that go down and then stay down, but yours is the opposite problem!

-Doug Julien

--- On Wed, 11/4/09, John Schmelzeis <northphx@...> wrote:

> From: John Schmelzeis <northphx@...>
> Subject: [OMC-Boats] '67 Surfer: Drive Unit power tilt issue question
> To: omc-boats@...
> Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 11:14 AM
> The drive unit power tilt always
> works going up, but is inconsistent when going down.
> When it doesn't work (occasional issue when lowering)
> flipping the Motor tile switch in the down position just
> results in a clicking sound. If I just keep
> trying....sometimes 10 - 15 attempts it will eventually
> work/lower the drive and then be fine until the next
> seemingly random failure. Any likely cause for this
> issue?....ex. some type of relay issue? Also, from what I
> can tell there is NO Hand Wheel on the tilt motor (maybe
> non-orig)...which is also very difficult to access (requires
> removal of step).
>
> Justin, from the pics you recently sent of your Surfer, it
> looks like you may have made some modification of the to
> enable manual lifting and dropping of the Drive unit.....did
> I observe this correctly? If so, I'd be interested to
> know what you've done.
>
> btw: Scott, I replaced the doel fin with a correctly placed
> Hydrofoil (Stingray XP II) and it's a huge
> improvement...thanks for the catch.
>
> Best,
> John
> '67 Surfer
Received on Wednesday, 4 November 2009