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I've got a strange situation. All of a sudden my trim tilt system stopped working altogether. However I did hear the relays clicking both in the up and down positions. After several days of trying to diagnose the problem I reversed the wires going from the remote controller switch up front to each of the quick connections (push together types) at the motor. Here is the history.
Scenario 1
1) The green wire from the switch goes to a green wire on quick connection "A".
2) The green wire then goes from quick connection "A" to the lower relay on the motor (I think this is the Down Solenoid)
3) The blue wire from the switch goes to a white wire on quick connection "B".
4) The white wire goes from quick connection "B" to the upper relay. (I think this is the UP solenoid)
I checked every connection to make sure that they were all making a good contact. The result in this configuration is that absolutely nothing on the tilt trim works.
Scenario 2
5) I then moved the green wire on quick connection "A"to the white wire on quick connection "B".
6) I then moved the blue wire originally on quick connection "B" to the green wire on quick connection "A". Basically just reversed the wires on the quick connects
Now everything works except the switch now lowers the motor in the UP position and raises the motor in the DOWN position.
I put the wires back to their original configuration per Scenario 1 and once again nothing works.
I then reversed the wires a 2nd time and everything works as per Scenario 2.
The upper relay was recently changed by a marine mechanic and it did work fine for several weeks. Any ideas why this would happen? Background information (Mariner 115 hp 2 stroke 4 cylinder 2+2)
I'm a marine newbie and learning everything I can possibly put my hands on. This one has me stumped. Just rewired the stereo system and finally got it working after puttering with it for a year. Turned out the inline fuse holders were faulty. I'm learning but doing it the hard way. My Seloc repair manual shows a picture of the two solenoids but the Down Solenoid is on top and the Up Solenoid is the lower solenoid. I've thought of moving the white wire from the TOP selonoid to the lower solenoid and moving the green and white solenoid from the Bottom solenoid to the TOP solenoid but am worried about what other problems I might introduce by doing this. The wiring gods have me baffled. Are you as confused as I am? Any ideas? All suggestions appreciated....
Scenario 1
1) The green wire from the switch goes to a green wire on quick connection "A".
2) The green wire then goes from quick connection "A" to the lower relay on the motor (I think this is the Down Solenoid)
3) The blue wire from the switch goes to a white wire on quick connection "B".
4) The white wire goes from quick connection "B" to the upper relay. (I think this is the UP solenoid)
I checked every connection to make sure that they were all making a good contact. The result in this configuration is that absolutely nothing on the tilt trim works.
Scenario 2
5) I then moved the green wire on quick connection "A"to the white wire on quick connection "B".
6) I then moved the blue wire originally on quick connection "B" to the green wire on quick connection "A". Basically just reversed the wires on the quick connects
Now everything works except the switch now lowers the motor in the UP position and raises the motor in the DOWN position.
I put the wires back to their original configuration per Scenario 1 and once again nothing works.
I then reversed the wires a 2nd time and everything works as per Scenario 2.
The upper relay was recently changed by a marine mechanic and it did work fine for several weeks. Any ideas why this would happen? Background information (Mariner 115 hp 2 stroke 4 cylinder 2+2)
I'm a marine newbie and learning everything I can possibly put my hands on. This one has me stumped. Just rewired the stereo system and finally got it working after puttering with it for a year. Turned out the inline fuse holders were faulty. I'm learning but doing it the hard way. My Seloc repair manual shows a picture of the two solenoids but the Down Solenoid is on top and the Up Solenoid is the lower solenoid. I've thought of moving the white wire from the TOP selonoid to the lower solenoid and moving the green and white solenoid from the Bottom solenoid to the TOP solenoid but am worried about what other problems I might introduce by doing this. The wiring gods have me baffled. Are you as confused as I am? Any ideas? All suggestions appreciated....