tilt & trim wiring for a 1976 Evinrude 75 hp

[R.GEORGE]

i have a '76 75hp Evinrude. the wiring shorted on the power tilt & trim motor. i replaced the brushes and the ends on wires, but i dont know which wire goes where. i have a three wire cable which has a red,blue and a green wire. i know 1 goes to the brush and the other 2 to the fields, but which ones? i would appreciate any help possible. thanks

 

[fishinhole]

Re: tilt & trim wiring for a 1976 Evinrude 75 hp

remember that blue is sky so that is up wire, green is grass so that is down wire, which means red is your hot wire or power

 

[Boody]

Re: tilt & trim wiring for a 1976 Evinrude 75 hp

I have a question related to this topic. I have a 1976 85hp Johnson with a single piston tilt & trim unit. I replaced a badly corroded solenoid that controls the tilt & trim unit. I hoped this would cure a problem with the unit since I purchased the boat. The power unit will lower the motor, but when I hit the up button, nothing happend. No clicking, no humming, nothing. A friend told me to check the solenoid, replace it if it looked bad. However, this did not help. Still has no up. <br />I saw on another post here that the blue & white wire is the UP and the green & white wire is the DOWN. The blue & white wire is hooked up on the solenoid, but the green and white wire is not, and has no provisions for hooking to it. I was told by the previous owner that the tilt worked and I have not changed any of the wiring that is on the boat.<br />Any ideas?