History - Skeg hit hard bottom at slow trolling speed.<br /><br />Symptom - Tilt up works fine. Tilt down works fine until you hit the trim rams, then motor spins for about 5 seconds with no movement. It does not seem to transistion from tilt ram to trim rams. After 5 seconds or so motor struggles to lower. You hear a noticable strain (air??) at this time. At first the motor would not lower at all past trim without additional pressure (weight) applied, then tilt ram would spring back up. I mucked with the manual release and have made some improvements but it still does not seem to transistion from tilt to trim like it did.<br /><br />Questions:<br />1) What triggers the transistion between the tilt and trim rams?<br /><br />2) How do you properly bleed the hydraulics on a trim/tilt system<br /><br />3) Do you really have to remove the motor to get this unit out (ouch)?<br /><br />4) Any other ideas?<br /><br />Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
. Fluid in leaking where it is supposed to be sealed. In this case always start by looking at the manual release screw. This has 3 o-rings on it and any of them leaking will cause issues with the tilt/trim, plus it's the easiest place to start.<br /><br />One other possibility, in the case of Mercury anyway, is that there is a brass coupler between the DC motor and the pump that could break. Anyway, none of this is rocket science as I found out. Buying the manual helps but every manual seems to leave out specific details for do-it-yourselfers. If you need to get into the cylinders, better get yourself a spanner wrench to get that top cap off. I had to order one off the internet. <br /><br />Personally I think my situation was kind of a fluke. That's why it took me 2 weeks to find it. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.