I think I fixed my tilt problem on my 60HP Mercury Outboard. I ended up buffing the contacts in the relays and it worked.
I think I fixed my tilt problem on my 60HP Mercury Outboard. I ended up buffing the contacts in the relays and it worked.
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Excellent video, many thanks.
thank you for your video, live on the ocean in Maine, my tilt will not go up, found the relays, I hope this works! went on line for answers, but best advice yet!
THANK YOU. You saved me time and money.
I have a newer mercury hardly gets used same fault found out while at the ramp so I switched the relays over just as a process of elimination and sure enough it would go down now but not up so I cleaned the contacts an it fixed it for me I have since been to an auto parts store and bought contact grease it coats the contacts to seal out moisture and I also replaced both of the relays problem now gone cheers
At least it happened at the end of the day! So glad this video helped. Fish on!
Just wanted to say thanks for this video. My brother in-law and I went to Beltzville Lake today in PA. The tilt was working (up/down) all day, was we’re about to leave the tilt would not raise.
We were able to get it on the trailer and out of the loading area, did some googling from the phones.
Most of the things we found were saying to drain the hydraulic fluid and manually raise the motor; while doable, not favorable.
Luckily 2 spare relays were kept on the boat, and this video was found
I have a 2007 Yamaha 90 4 stroke and the trim quit working. What can I do to fix this problem?
If this does not work your trim and tilt fluid could be low
I would try to clean all the contacts and make sure there isn’t corrosion. Could be a simple fix.
That i’m not sure on. May want to keep checking online or check with a mechanic.
My motor trim would not go down and I read your site and tried it. It worked with one relay, but the other would not. I bought a new relay and it still will not work. Any suggestions on what I need to do.
I cant get my motor trim to go up do you think it a switch or should I try the same thing you try on youtubr and clean the limit switches
I have the same motor with the same issue, thanks for sharing!
changed out tilet and trim losted fluid and now cant get it to work cant get air out
My trim part is working but the up and down does not I just had the motor rebuilt and had it put on what could be the problem? I have a Mercury 120
Im so happy i showed this video to my boyfriend and now we can go fishing today! He called a few boat mechanics they were not open…(sunday) oh yeah also we saved some cash. Thanks mucho much!
I need help in operating power trim on my 60hp mariner motor. Again compared to my 50hp Mercury the fuel consumption is just too much. Is the fuel consumption normal of there could be something wrong. Pliz assist.
Boy, what a great video. I had this problem 5 years ago and I just replaced the relay. My new problem is interment and I can’t wait to try your method. I bet it’ll work!
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Glad you found it useful!
If the connections are not the issue, it could be the tilt unit itself. There should be a manual way to lower the unit. Mine has a large bolt/pin that can be removed to lower the unit manually. Check your manual or call a marine tech. Hope that helps!
My motor is stuck in the upward position. Is there a way to release it down if neither buttons work?
thanks for posting! very helpful in getting my boat back in action, the green connector thing didnt work but when I switched them I could at least drop the engine back in the water! just need to switch the two connector things to either raise or lower the motor, but it works until I can get a new one!
I found this out the hard way. If one relay responds and the other does not, try replacing the one that does not respond. The circuits must go through both relays for each to work. In my case, the circuit had gone bad in the relay that responded which controlled the other relay. Hope this helps someone else.
Thanks for posting this video. The UP trim on my Tracker didn’t work at the end of fishing yesterday. Found your video, which led me to look at the relays. Didn’t see any corrosion, tried sanding lightly, but trim was still intermittent. I found replacement relays for $8 each at Pep Boys, and that seems to have worked. Tried replacing just the bad one, but needed to do both to get it to work consistently. $16 well spend if it keeps working. Thanks again.
Im looking for a video on how to actually chance the trim/tilt motor/pump…can anyone help find one pls…. By the way great video, keep them coming m8:)
email me a video to sweetdeal4u@live.com..thank u:)
Glad it helped!
thanks man you just saved my day!
nice video thanks for share it
Had the same problem this morning with my Volvo Penta V6… your Dremel trick woked so nicely… thank you for the video… (blue wire for blue sky to move the trim up and green wire for green grass to movethe trim down… eheh)
hey I didnt have that type type of regulator that you have I had a solenoid and I replaced it.. now I have to add trim fluid because it still isn’t coming up so I will be doing that this weekend and if that doesnt do it, off to the shop it shall go, but due to your video it help point me in the right direction……Thanks
Hopefully your fix was this simple! Thanks for the comment!
great video and illustration I will check this on my 90 merc when I get home today ….I hope that is all I will need, wish me luck
i would think it would be a trim related problem not a moisture problem.
Sorry I have not changed that yet.
have you ever changed the fluid in a trim and tilt system?
Glad I was able to help you out! Gotta love YouTube!
I have the same outboard with the tilt & trim feature. I have had the same problem for about a month and your video saved me alot of time and money. Thanks for posting have a great day.