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Talking to a fella at work the other day that just bought a 19' Basstracker w/90 Merc ELPT. The boat and motor are fine, but after going out in it a few times he has come to realize he has hydraulic issues and has to trim the motor up repeatedly. Said he priced a new kit and it was in the $900 range.
Wasn't there a thread about this not too long ago? Seems like somebody had a crafty solution to this problem.
Es is he sure its inside the cylinder and not just a line leaking or something simple like that ?
That is the only question I knew to ask. He seems to think it isn't a line leaking.
The oring kits are 57.27 at boats.net (I just picked a random serial number) if the pump is good I would think just an internal reseal would do:twocents
May be low on fluid. Happened to me once
And as long as the motor itself is fine, it aint no big deal to go through and replace the seals and orings
I am with KDavid and Ducker I would bet its just an O ring or something simple. Man 900 bucks sounds like a new cylinder and everything to me. JMO
Replace the seals. If the motor was bad, it wouldn't work at all. Usually the up or down quits working if the motor or relays go bad. It's probably like ducker said, just low on fluid!!!!!
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If he just bought it, take it back.
Used.Quote:
Originally Posted by canebreaker
Ive been through 2 trim motors in 8 months....they would get real slow and finally quit altogether.....they were after market motors. a rebuilt system was 700 bucks plus install....gonna try an omc motor this time and see. it has been a pain fooling with it.
You talkin bout #5?Quote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
http://www.boats.net/parts/search/Me...NTS/parts.html
if he needs parts that is the best website to get them i buy all my parts from them
Looks like a difference serial number than i picked but I would say for a reseal item 16 (I think--don't have my dern glasses close) on this one which is more than i said but---Quote:
Originally Posted by EmptyStringer
That ipc looks a lil screwy, looks like to me 5 and 16 comes with the same orings
But I'd def check the fluid before I tore in to it
I agree. Also, get someone to trim it up & down while he has his head close enough to the trim to listen for air bubbling out around the piston. If he does work on it and it has the plastic type bleeder screw, be careful and make dang sure to use a tool that fits it correctly. Just wasted a trip to the Gulf because of this recently. The screw was $53 for that trim motor (on a 250 Merc).Quote:
Originally Posted by ducker
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