Have you tested all the bits around it? ? Is the switch working OK? Do you have a separate T&T switch on the engine and does that work?
Is it a single solenoid on yours or one for up and one for down? Is power getting to it / them?
Certainly worth re-checking all the connections and making sure you have continuity when the switch is operated.
You can easily test the solenoid action by just getting power directly to the switch terminals.
Sorry if you've tried all these things already and you're sure that's the problem. If you want a cheap fix you could use a couple of high ampage (140/180A) automotive relays - around £12-15 each.
Thanks Mikecc, ive done the usual and tested both switchs, my solenoid is a single unit with 2 solenoids in, initially the up was working so i simply swaped the wires to the top solenoid on the the bottom, and strangely enoth the trim went down but not up..
Safe to say its the solenoid! so i took it off and cleaned up the contacts rebuilt it. NOW IT BL##DY DOES NOT WORK AT ALL!!! basically its had its day.
But thanks for your reply, theres always somethink you forget to try.
PETE7 thanks also i will call dean now, see if hes got a second hand solenoid
If it's a single unit with 2 solenoids in you could always ask Mike Cripps if you could replace it with a pair of trim/tilt solenoids from an old merc blueband type 1 trim system. They are about £16 each and he sells them.
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