I have a Merc 1996 75/90 hp 2-stroke ELPTO and am inexperienced working on motors. Recently I found my motor tilted all the way up (not where I usually leave it) and the battery dead. I hooked up my spare battery and went fishing. All was well until I found the same condition the next day. I removed the trim switch on the cowling, plugged the green and blue wires together, and my auto-tilt problem went away. I used the throttle tilt for a long weekend of fishing until my new switch arrived in the mail it no problems so I'm pretty sure the old switch was my problem. I removed the cowling, installed the switch, but got distracted before I plugged in the wires and left my cowling off overnight. I put the cowling back on when I went to work this morning. This evening I plugged in the new switch and now have no tilt either on the switch or on the throttle. I also can not crank the motor so it appears I have absolutely no power to the motor. Tested the battery and connections, even plugged in my spare to no avail. I undid my switch installation and still have no power to the motor. Anybody have any suggestions? Could I have tripped a breaker on the motor?
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