BoomerangJ
New member
Hi All-
New to the forum and like most newbies-need your help! I've googled around the internet and did find various You Tube videos on how to diagnose my tilt/trim issue-but I'm confused!
The issue:
-Tilt trim has worked perfectly-then one day when using the boat-no tilt/trim.
-The motor is on a 25 foot pontoon boat. Tilt trim switch on the remote control causes a clicking at the engine.
-Tilt/Trim on the side of the motor causes a clicking.
-Checked the fuses-all good. (Very impressed with the Yamaha fuse box! Tool and extra fuses-good job).
-Removed engine cover and removed the blue and the green wire from the relay. Jumped each wire to the boat battery (+ terminal) which is located just ahead of the engine. Also ran a wire from the - terminal to a bolt on the engine block. Nothing.
BTW-This is a 1988 F90TLR
My confusion:
-One diagnosis claims that the "clicking" relay is defective.
-Another diagnosis states that if the motor doesn't run when jumped it's bad
Both of these parts are expensive-do I need them both? Could a bad relay have taken out the motor at the same time? Or should I buy a new motor and start with that.
Auxiliary Questions:
I don't have a trailer. But I guess there is no way to change that motor with the boat in the water is there?
I had seen on some Yamaha motors there is a way to manually set your trim and lock it in. I don't see that on my motor. Is it too big and heavy to manually set the trim angle?
We have family coming in this weekend and plan to take several pontoon boat trips around the lake. One planned destination is about ten miles up the lake. Hate to have the motor trimmed all the way down-I'm probably the only one that will know-but it's irritating!
Lastly good source for parts? I am a marine dealer but for sailboats. I can get Yanmar/torqeedo and other sailboat engine parts-but none of my sources for those parts carry Yamaha.
Hope as a newbie I'm not already wearing out my welcome!
New to the forum and like most newbies-need your help! I've googled around the internet and did find various You Tube videos on how to diagnose my tilt/trim issue-but I'm confused!
The issue:
-Tilt trim has worked perfectly-then one day when using the boat-no tilt/trim.
-The motor is on a 25 foot pontoon boat. Tilt trim switch on the remote control causes a clicking at the engine.
-Tilt/Trim on the side of the motor causes a clicking.
-Checked the fuses-all good. (Very impressed with the Yamaha fuse box! Tool and extra fuses-good job).
-Removed engine cover and removed the blue and the green wire from the relay. Jumped each wire to the boat battery (+ terminal) which is located just ahead of the engine. Also ran a wire from the - terminal to a bolt on the engine block. Nothing.
BTW-This is a 1988 F90TLR
My confusion:
-One diagnosis claims that the "clicking" relay is defective.
-Another diagnosis states that if the motor doesn't run when jumped it's bad
Both of these parts are expensive-do I need them both? Could a bad relay have taken out the motor at the same time? Or should I buy a new motor and start with that.
Auxiliary Questions:
I don't have a trailer. But I guess there is no way to change that motor with the boat in the water is there?
I had seen on some Yamaha motors there is a way to manually set your trim and lock it in. I don't see that on my motor. Is it too big and heavy to manually set the trim angle?
We have family coming in this weekend and plan to take several pontoon boat trips around the lake. One planned destination is about ten miles up the lake. Hate to have the motor trimmed all the way down-I'm probably the only one that will know-but it's irritating!
Lastly good source for parts? I am a marine dealer but for sailboats. I can get Yanmar/torqeedo and other sailboat engine parts-but none of my sources for those parts carry Yamaha.
Hope as a newbie I'm not already wearing out my welcome!