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2003 F90TLRB Intermittent Tilt Problem

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newboater67

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I have a weird tilt problem. Can tilt full up or down once, then don't have any tilt. Let it sit overnight and I have tilt for a minute or so and it stops again. Relays and relay contacts check good. I see there is an internal circuit breaker in the tilt motor. Can it behave that way? The way it looks in the diagram I'd think it would be a fusable link. Any suggestions?

Bob
Cape Coral, FL
 
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The back side or the tilt motor housing was rusted through where the cable lays between the tilt motor and the stern bracket. The housing was coming in contact with the commutator causing it to heat up and it would trip the thermal breaker inside the tilt motor. Let it sit a few hours and the thermal breaker would reset and you could tilt it full up or full down once before it tripped the thermal breaker again.
 
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