Hello to all,
I just want to relay my experience with a tilt trim leak down issue on my Force 120 hp. The issue was my tilt/trim would leak down in a matter of minutes so trimming under power was a problem and tilting the motor for trailering was a problem. I read as many of these posts on this forum as I could and the posts from RRITT seemed to point to the valve body. I removed the valve body from the trim/tilt motor and sent it to RRITT via his Ebay account. He rebuilt the valve body, I installed it and the problem is solved. I had to call him a few times with questions and he solved my issue each time. My tilt/trim does not leak down and works like new. To find his Ebay account search "flat rate rebuild".
I am leaving out the difficulties I had removing the trim motor (bolts difficult to get to) and (getting the wires out of the electrical plug in the motor, you need a tiny flat head screwdriver) but all of these things can be done by someone with limited mechanical skills, like myself. I advise reading all of the posts with instructions about how to remove the hydrolic lines without damaging them. Lastly thank you to all who posted their tilt/trim issues and responses. They were very helpful.
I just want to relay my experience with a tilt trim leak down issue on my Force 120 hp. The issue was my tilt/trim would leak down in a matter of minutes so trimming under power was a problem and tilting the motor for trailering was a problem. I read as many of these posts on this forum as I could and the posts from RRITT seemed to point to the valve body. I removed the valve body from the trim/tilt motor and sent it to RRITT via his Ebay account. He rebuilt the valve body, I installed it and the problem is solved. I had to call him a few times with questions and he solved my issue each time. My tilt/trim does not leak down and works like new. To find his Ebay account search "flat rate rebuild".
I am leaving out the difficulties I had removing the trim motor (bolts difficult to get to) and (getting the wires out of the electrical plug in the motor, you need a tiny flat head screwdriver) but all of these things can be done by someone with limited mechanical skills, like myself. I advise reading all of the posts with instructions about how to remove the hydrolic lines without damaging them. Lastly thank you to all who posted their tilt/trim issues and responses. They were very helpful.
