un4givn85
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- Aug 9, 2012
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hi all, i have been lurking here for about a week now, and thought i would join to hopefully get some help with my problem.
first off i will introduce myself, my real name is chris and i have a 1977 Fiberform (model unknown) with a mercruiser 470 170hp I/O.
now on to the problem, i have tried searching for this to no avail.
my trim system seems to have a problem getting stuck in the up position and not wanting to go down.
when i first got the boat the prop was up and i lowered while stored per the previous owner, when i went to use it for the first time it went up just fine but wouldnt go back down at all. i checked the fluid and added some as it needed it and that didnt help, i called the previous owner and he said i would have to hold the "in" button for quite some time before the pump would work after being low, he also said i would need the boat to be level, so i leveled it and heard the pump start to gurgle like it was trying to get fluid but couldnt quite get it, so i rocked the boat side to side a bit and it went. woo hoo!
so i got it in the water and up and down both worked great. on the way back to the dock i managed to hit some high rocks in the lake and destroyed the prop, and in a panic raised the prop all the way up, and now its stuck again, i have checked the lines and they are ok, i have checked the fluid and it is ok, and i tried to run the pump at level and rock it a bit and no luck.
so does anyone have any idea what could be going on?
sorry for the mini-novel, i thought it best to tell the whole story not just the problem.
thanks in advance.
first off i will introduce myself, my real name is chris and i have a 1977 Fiberform (model unknown) with a mercruiser 470 170hp I/O.
now on to the problem, i have tried searching for this to no avail.
my trim system seems to have a problem getting stuck in the up position and not wanting to go down.
when i first got the boat the prop was up and i lowered while stored per the previous owner, when i went to use it for the first time it went up just fine but wouldnt go back down at all. i checked the fluid and added some as it needed it and that didnt help, i called the previous owner and he said i would have to hold the "in" button for quite some time before the pump would work after being low, he also said i would need the boat to be level, so i leveled it and heard the pump start to gurgle like it was trying to get fluid but couldnt quite get it, so i rocked the boat side to side a bit and it went. woo hoo!
so i got it in the water and up and down both worked great. on the way back to the dock i managed to hit some high rocks in the lake and destroyed the prop, and in a panic raised the prop all the way up, and now its stuck again, i have checked the lines and they are ok, i have checked the fluid and it is ok, and i tried to run the pump at level and rock it a bit and no luck.
so does anyone have any idea what could be going on?
sorry for the mini-novel, i thought it best to tell the whole story not just the problem.
thanks in advance.
