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YamaNoob06

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Hello,

I am trying to replace my trim motor on my 2005 225 4-stroke Yamaha. I watched the below video and it looked like an easy task; however, the motor he was working on was a 250 2005 and apparently the exhaust manifold layout is different than the 225.

Does anyone know, have pictures, or a link to show how to get to the contact for the trim motor? I was poking around, but couldn't see where the contacts are and how to remove anything in the way to disconnect them. You will see in the video below it is the exhaust manifold which exposes the contacts. I thank you in advance for your help!!

All the best,


JC

Yamaha 250 Video
 
Here is a picture of what my 225 looks like. You will see the layout is different than the 250 shown in the video above.


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By contacts are you referring to the electrical connections on the trim and tilt relay?

View from the front of the motor looking aft.

 
Thank you! So if I take the cowling off I will see that section you’re showing in the forward/front/bow facing section of the motor?
 
Yes if you remove some components.

Are you not using the Yamaha parts catalog (better yet a Yamaha service manual) to do maintenance?
 
Just follow the wires from the trim and tilt pump motor into the cowling and on to the trim and tilt relay.
 
boscoe said:
Just follow the wires from the trim and tilt pump motor into the cowling and on to the trim and tilt relay.
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Will do. I can see the wires go under the motor through a retention tab. After reviewing at your latest schematics it looks like I need to remove the exhaust manifold to uncover connections.

I am not using the Yamaha parts catalog/service manual. Can you tell? Lol. I’m new to this and certainly appreciate the help. I’ll look into the Yamaha service manual. It’s sounds like it would help.

Much appreciated,

JCR
 
Ok, I got a bit further down the road. I disengaged the brackets which were holding the engine tilted forward. I removed four nuts, 2 on each side of the intake/exhaust, and 3 bolts in an attempt to remove the intake manifold. Unfortunately, I couldn’t remove the intake to better access and disconnect the tilt motor/tilt sender connections.

Any tips on what I need to unscrew, disconnect to get to the area where I can access the tilt motor @ tilt sender connections? Thank you again for your help and especially for your patience with my inexperience.

JCR

Pictures and video to follow.
 
I get an error with all the pictures. I’ll have to attempt again later.
 

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I believe the tilt sender is the green and the red is the tilt motor. They both move when I pull the wires going through the bottom of the motor. I’m just having trouble accessing the area where they’re connected.
 

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Just a quick bump to see if anyone knows if there is another fastener I need to remove to access the connection for the tilt motor and sender.

I have removed the 4 nuts on each side of the exhaust and 3 bolts in front of the motor shown above.

Thank you all for your help. 🙏

JC
 
Just found this post, did you ever get any further? I imagine by now you have? I'm about to do the same job and just found out the 225 is much different than the 250 in the video on youtube.
 
noffy said:
Just found this post, did you ever get any further? I imagine by now you have? I'm about to do the same job and just found out the 225 is much different than the 250 in the video on youtube.
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Different models. Different configurations.

All Yams are not the same.
 
boscoe said:
Different models. Different configurations.

All Yams are not the same.
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Yes, I think we have established that, @YamaNoob06 pointed out the struggles he ran into removing the manifolds and before I started into that this coming week, I was just checking in to see if he figured out his dilemma.
 
noffy said:
Yes, I think we have established that, @YamaNoob06 pointed out the struggles he ran into removing the manifolds and before I started into that this coming week, I was just checking in to see if he figured out his dilemma.
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His dilemma won't be your dilemma. You might as well be asking someone about their Mercury 175 EFI model.

 
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