1986 evinrude 200 no tilt and trim

[pistolpete 1961]

I unplugged wiring to install boots on steering and wiring harness holes on transom side of boat because of it taking in water. Seemed simple enough. Everything was fine prior to me doing this pertaining to tilt and trim. Now nothing. I checked the up and down button on throttle all the way back to motor and it was good. I can get motor to go up and down manually by jumping it from battery. There's two bosch type 20/30 amp 12v relays @0332204157, a five prong relay that make this system function. Could both just quit at identical times? I tried switching them, no luck. In the black box in motor cover where relay's are located there's two upper black ground wires that are connected. At bottom there's two red hot wires that are connected too. In the center there's the wires that are isolated that operate the up and down of the motor. When I ohms test these there's a leak between them with the relays connected, and none when they're not. Is there a test to determine if these relay's are operational? Any ideas from anyone? I double and triple tested wiring harnesses once I plugged them back in with no issues. Thanks for reading my problem and any help you are willing to give me. I'll let everyone know if and when problem gets fixed. Thank You.....Pete

 

[ThrottleBack]

Re: 1986 evinrude 200 no tilt and trim

While you wait on an expert heres a page that will walk you through testing a relay with multiple pins. I used it recently with my motorcycle to test a five pin relay it uses. The first page is basics, the second page is the test.

Part 1 -How to Test the Ford 4 or 5 Pin Relay.

 

[pistolpete 1961]

Re: 1986 evinrude 200 no tilt and trim

Thank You ThrottleBack will do.

 

[pistolpete 1961]

Re: 1986 evinrude 200 no tilt and trim

well your info on checking the relays was extremely helpful. I did exactly as the instructions said and both relays tested good. after that I hooked a test light to the final plug in that goes directly to the tilt motor. Each of the two spades tested real dim light when I was clicking the main tilt trim button on the throttle control. I'm not really that knowledgeable about troubleshooting. I'm stuck, any more suggestions. Thank you again everyone..Pete

 

[pistolpete 1961]

Re: 1986 evinrude 200 no tilt and trim

oh by the wat it still doesn't work. any more ideas? thank you........Pete