I have replaced the rams on my BII outdrive, and the drive now goes up and down (old rams were frozen up), but now have problem with intermittent operation. The problem does not appear to be swithces as it occurs from either helm station. What I am getting is I may have to press the trim button up or down several times to get response from the pump. Once it starts to go it continues, but may take 10-12 time pressing and releasing the button to get response. I suspect that my next step is to replace the solenoids, but seems odd that this occurs with both up and down.
Do these solenoids work interrmitently like that, or just fail? Could I just be dealing with bad (dirty contactacts) in the switches at both helm stations? Seems like at price of solenoids would be best way to proceed. Shop wants $110/hour to diagnose, with 1/2 hour min. For that price I could just change the solenoids. Hate "throwing parts" at trouble, but just seems logical.
Am I thinking right, can I check these with mutli-meter?
Thanks for help.
Do these solenoids work interrmitently like that, or just fail? Could I just be dealing with bad (dirty contactacts) in the switches at both helm stations? Seems like at price of solenoids would be best way to proceed. Shop wants $110/hour to diagnose, with 1/2 hour min. For that price I could just change the solenoids. Hate "throwing parts" at trouble, but just seems logical.
Am I thinking right, can I check these with mutli-meter?
Thanks for help.
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