Trim Sender and Limiter????
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Trim Sender and Limiter????
I need to replace my trim limit and sender. The question that I have is I do not want to rip the drive and bellhousing back off, is there a dependable way to swap the wiring to the new switches? The new ones have the wires made onto the switch.
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My experience with swapping out for new senders, is nope. Not with a sealed set. Trick is to try and get enough access to feed the new wire set thru the transom to where they can be pulled thru.
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I just put it all back together!!! I bought the boat needing a motor, and some of the stuff was already apart so I was not able to check it. Didn't think to test them with a DVOM while it was apart! I don't like doing work twice. I will look at the new ones when they arrive and see what I can do!
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if there like alpha's (which I suspect they are) the wires have rubber plugs that squeeze together under a retainging ring secured by 2 bolts to form a seal. the 2 bolts are rather hard to get too...so Im afraid the helmet has to pretty much come off.
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It can be done without removing the drive. My mechanic did it with mine. It took him a while, but he did not remove the drive. He cut the wires at the old puck sender and used them to pull the new wires through the transom assembly.
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I decided to pull everything apart last night to do it. Other than not having the right trim sender in the kit, it was not bad at all! Plus I have the piece of mind that all the wiring is new and everything was done right. As an auto tech. I have many tricks to the trade, just don't have all the tricks for the boat stuff down yet! Thank for the info guys!
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I have put 3 trim senders on my 21 yr. old boat. I cut the wires out in the transom assembly. Cut the wires from the new sender to the proper length. Use a good crimp-on wire connector and then cover it with liquid electical tape. Never had a problem with this method.
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I have been working on boats for 27 years for a living, I have never had to repalace a set of trim senders more than once. But everything I deal with is fresh water.
Mercruiser recomends that under no circumstances are those wire to be cut and spiced, maybe this is why you have gone throught so many?
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I have been working on boats for 27 years for a living, I have never had to repalace a set of trim senders more than once. But everything I deal with is fresh water.
Mercruiser recomends that under no circumstances are those wire to be cut and spiced, maybe this is why you have gone throught so many?
larry