Deanmck
Regular Contributor
Hi all.
After sorting out my gear problems on my BF50A and having a weeks good fishing with mates I went to move the boat around on the driveway today. I tried to trim up a little before pushing her around, and nothing. Nothing on the 'local' motor switch and again nothing on the remote controls. I felt like a dead flat battery but is not. I can get her to trim down very very slowly with the switches and she is now all the way down. I can hear the relay clicking as I push the up/ down button.
I disconnected the plug going directly to the hyd pump motor and tried directly with a fresh battery straight to the motor, no joy.
i then decided to relieve the manual hyd valve to try and lift her for a visual inspection this valve is not moving at all and I am now starting to chew up the screw head. I have ordered a new hyd motor on e-bay for I believe a pretty good price.
My delema is that how can I relieve the piston pressure to remove the trim/ tilt unit ( I can easily get to the lowest pivot bolt. Can it be removed? Can I somehow release the pressure. Have I missed something here?
I can also not easily drive to my mates workshop with the motor tilted down.
so I'm a little bit in the poo right now.
Any ideas guys?
Dean.
After sorting out my gear problems on my BF50A and having a weeks good fishing with mates I went to move the boat around on the driveway today. I tried to trim up a little before pushing her around, and nothing. Nothing on the 'local' motor switch and again nothing on the remote controls. I felt like a dead flat battery but is not. I can get her to trim down very very slowly with the switches and she is now all the way down. I can hear the relay clicking as I push the up/ down button.
I disconnected the plug going directly to the hyd pump motor and tried directly with a fresh battery straight to the motor, no joy.
i then decided to relieve the manual hyd valve to try and lift her for a visual inspection this valve is not moving at all and I am now starting to chew up the screw head. I have ordered a new hyd motor on e-bay for I believe a pretty good price.
My delema is that how can I relieve the piston pressure to remove the trim/ tilt unit ( I can easily get to the lowest pivot bolt. Can it be removed? Can I somehow release the pressure. Have I missed something here?
I can also not easily drive to my mates workshop with the motor tilted down.
so I'm a little bit in the poo right now.
Any ideas guys?
Dean.