1999 evinrude 115 trim tilt stopped working.

[thesweetrelease]

hi, today I went out to get my boat ready for spring. I started to tilt the engine up and it went about a foot and just stopped. got nothing but relays clicking. I jumped the tilt motor with jumper cables and it works fine the engine tilts up and down.so I know the tilt motor is good. I replaced all the relays with new ones and I still just get clicking of relays. this happens with the throttle switch and switch on the engine too. im running out of ideas of what it could be. its like a fuse blew or something ,but I can not find a fuse from the switches to the relay box. anyone have any ideas on what it could be?

 

[racerone]

Is there a limit switch on the tilt tube.----Try adjusting it -----No tools required I believe.

 

[thesweetrelease]

yes it had one.the engine is all the way down ,so im not sure it would be an issue,but ill mess with it to see.thanks

 

[boobie]

Check the terminal block where the relays plug in for any corrosion. It's been known to happen.

 

[thesweetrelease]

well boobie, you were right. after looking close at the terminal block everything looked good, but I was pushing the trim & tilt switch on the engine up and down when I pulled on the two wire connection for the trim motor and the engine jumped up... I moved the connection around and it worked .. pulled it out and one pin looked dirty.. cleaned it up and boom all is good. thanks for your help.

 

[boobie]

Good job !!. You're learning how to trouble shoot.