I'm new to boats, and we have our first boat. It's an 86 Bayliner Capri 2150 w/ aq225e and 275 outdrive.
I've been having the issue with the outdrive locking down and not getting it able to come up. but I think I have more than 1 problem as well, so bare with me.
- outdrive locks in the down position and won't release without manually releasing the latch.
- most recent trip, i couldn't even get the latch to release by hand so i popped out the rod that the springs attach to and that was able to release it
-- this same trip, as I was pulling the boat in to trailer, I could not get the drive into reverse. This has never happened before. Since then I've ran the motor with muffs on and it shifted in and out of reverse just fine (granted it wasn't locked down because that little rod is still out)
-the outdrive tilt seems to need some encouragement to get up. and when i put it down in the water, the light that normally turns off when the tilt is all the way down, never turns off anymore. It wasn't like this on the first 5 or 6 trips out this year.
-on the way home from this last trip, the drive dropped halfway. so i strapped it up and made it home. Since then i've lowered it and raised it, and it hasn't dropped since, but it is just sitting there.
any idea what my problem(s) could be? Base off browsing these forums I'm guessing the tilt motor/gear needs replaced and/or clean up, and same with the locking mechanism.
tia for any advice.
I've been having the issue with the outdrive locking down and not getting it able to come up. but I think I have more than 1 problem as well, so bare with me.
- outdrive locks in the down position and won't release without manually releasing the latch.
- most recent trip, i couldn't even get the latch to release by hand so i popped out the rod that the springs attach to and that was able to release it
-- this same trip, as I was pulling the boat in to trailer, I could not get the drive into reverse. This has never happened before. Since then I've ran the motor with muffs on and it shifted in and out of reverse just fine (granted it wasn't locked down because that little rod is still out)
-the outdrive tilt seems to need some encouragement to get up. and when i put it down in the water, the light that normally turns off when the tilt is all the way down, never turns off anymore. It wasn't like this on the first 5 or 6 trips out this year.
-on the way home from this last trip, the drive dropped halfway. so i strapped it up and made it home. Since then i've lowered it and raised it, and it hasn't dropped since, but it is just sitting there.
any idea what my problem(s) could be? Base off browsing these forums I'm guessing the tilt motor/gear needs replaced and/or clean up, and same with the locking mechanism.
tia for any advice.