going nuts!!! advice please

zookeeper · 28 March 2010, 17:26

After my transducer hesitation and eventual fitting another problem rears its ugly head. Mariner electric trim... goes down wont come up!!!!! checked wires ,fuses, connected, dis connected battery and now i am making foot prints on the ceiling . Any ideas? only started to do it today, boat not in water thank goodness.

Downhilldai · 28 March 2010, 17:45

Could be a dodgy relay.

zookeeper · 28 March 2010, 17:51

there are two relays identical side by side under cowl, if i swap then will it show if one is faulty? working fine going down... unfortunately if cant go down anymore!!

biffer · 28 March 2010, 17:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

Could be a dodgy relay.

could be wiring, bridge the little soleniods one at a time, if they work it may be wiring, have you a trim indicator on it, might be that

zookeeper · 28 March 2010, 18:03

no trim indicator , or a irritant indicator it would be at max. Ill try that tomorrow see what happens. could low battery charge stop it from raising?

Downhilldai · 28 March 2010, 19:16

When you press the PTT button, you should hear the relay click into action. This should still happen with a relatively flat battery, which may not have enough energy to raise the outboard.

zookeeper · 28 March 2010, 19:35

yes the relay clicks , yesterday it did it once hesitated a bit then worked, today it went down ok . very odd.

Dobieman · 28 March 2010, 20:00

Just had exactly the same thing on my Mariner 50 4 stroke.
at first sometimes it would work, then it started hesitating, then stopped altogether.

As said above swap the relay's over if one is faulty the problem is reversed, ie wont go up instead of down.
new relay was about £15.00
good luck!

Lewy · 28 March 2010, 20:39

sounds like it could be the relay or try waggling the wires around whilst holding the trim button as it might be a dodgy connection somewhere which is intermitent.

zookeeper · 28 March 2010, 21:08

thanks guys.... ill have a look tomorrow here is hoping!

Bertus · 29 March 2010, 01:22

Had same problem.
relais ticks but won't work ....
buy new and maintain al connections... Google CRC 2-26, we used it on the linx helicopter

Cookee · 29 March 2010, 07:42

Also check the earth - often a cause of random electrical problems.

zookeeper · 29 March 2010, 22:39

glad to say it was relay, swapped them over and it went up. New one on its way thanks to paul at wolf rock boat company. Thanks to you guys for your help, priceless. Just wait for the next one now!!

davej · 29 March 2010, 22:46

Same thing happened on my merc a few weeks ago, I swopped the relays about and the situation was the same. I then took the remote commander PTT switch apart and it was a little corrosion inside the switch. Fortunately the switch is a master piece of simplicity and the insides were readily accessable, the corrosion was removed with wet and dry. When assembled it worked a treat.

DJ