Cmc pt-130

[RB78]

Finally got my engine off the boat, and have to say that the original tilt/trim unit is an overall mess. Not worth the cost of re-building, I'm thinking. Does anyone have specific knowledge or experience with the CMC PT-130 self-contained unit? This is the link:

http://www.iboats.com/Electric-Hydr...6198821--**********.810644736--view_id.165183

Not certain I am reading the description correctly, but it sounds as though this one unit replaces everything I now have for the original tilt/trim for my '79 Mercury 115 hp motor. I would just have to bolt the motor to this unit, wire it up, and away I go .... more, or less.

Am I reading the info incorrectly?

 

[JB]

Re: Cmc pt-130

It is a decent tilt unit, but as a trimmer it is poor. No slow speed for trimming and most of them leak down on plane.

 

[RB78]

Re: Cmc pt-130

It is a decent tilt unit, but as a trimmer it is poor. No slow speed for trimming and most of them leak down on plane.

I'm assuming you mean leak ... water?

 

[JB]

Re: Cmc pt-130

No. They simply drift down as seals inside leak. They won't hold trim.

 

[RB78]

Re: Cmc pt-130

No. They simply drift down as seals inside leak. They won't hold trim.

That's good information to know. Roughly how long before that happens?