Greatly appreciate the help. Here's where we are now: Found a single wire that was shorting out where it entered the motor with all the other cables. seems strange as it is just a single conductor that was spliced in the motor to a 7 space terminal strip. we traced the end to Number 5 red on...
Great advice- thanks. We did notice the relay switches in motor had black goo all over - I assume that's the dielectric grease that was put on by someone years ago. I have been so luck with this old Evinrude in having so few issues.
Thanks for responding. I am getting very few thoughts on trouble shooting this. We've looked at the wires but have not done any testing - which will be a new adventure to get a meter to test wires
Hi. First time posting. Not mechanically minded myself. I ran into trouble with my 1984 90 hp Evinrude with the alarm system. Had a boat builder put a new transom on 18" starcraft. The person doing it said the power trim froze up. He put in a used one and it worked great for us the first...