I have a Penta 280 Stern Drive and I am going to remove the engine. My
book say's to pull upper drive out and then the engine. My wiring is
all over the place and now it looks like it is not possible if it is
up. Any advise please.

"T-Rav" wrote in message
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I have a Penta 280 Stern Drive and I am going to remove the engine. My
book say's to pull upper drive out and then the engine. My wiring is
all over the place and now it looks like it is not possible if it is
up. Any advise please.

I'd see if I could jumper the trim motor and run it down electrically. Look
in the book and you'll see the color code of the pigtail and the tilt limit
switches. If that is not an option, you could carefully remove the tilt
motor, then lower the O/D. Be sure the drive is properly supported before
you start removing the tilt motor- then lower the O/D by hand.

Thanks, I tried to hook a 12v car battery directly to the motor and got
nothing. No sound at all. I am now convinced the motor is bad. Should I
try it from the relays? thanks again

Thanks for the help. I will refer to my shop manual.

"T-Rav" wrote in message
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Thanks for the help. I will refer to my shop manual.

You're welcome.

I apologize if I sound 'hard core', but after 'wrenching on Navy jets' for
over 20 years, that's the first thing I look for; the maintenance manual.
When I worked in Quality Assurance that's the first thing I always asked,
"where's the maintenance manual?". I don't care if they looked at it or not,
but they better have it open to the correct page.

I took that same philosophy with me when I got out and built boats over at
Osprey. It has not failed me yet knocking on wood

Reader

A bad motor will typically still hum ...not always though. But I'd look
carefully for open connections before assuming the motor's bad.

Brian D


"T-Rav" wrote in message
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Thanks, I tried to hook a 12v car battery directly to the motor and got
nothing. No sound at all. I am now convinced the motor is bad. Should I
try it from the relays? thanks again

Ugh ...You're bringing back old USAF memories. When we weren't fixing
airplanes, we were supposed to be "proficiency training". That meant "read
the manuals". And if the manual wasn't with us when working, and open to
the right page (and your finger better be on the right paragraph if the MSgt
is watching), then we'd get busted. Of course, we had a big fat loudmouth
MSgt running the place ...but I'm sure he had nothing to do with it. Uh
huhhh. He was one big fat walking attitude problem...

Now? Yup, I always refer to the manual. Saves a lot of headaches.

Brian


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"T-Rav" wrote in message
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Thanks for the help. I will refer to my shop manual.

You're welcome.

I apologize if I sound 'hard core', but after 'wrenching on Navy jets' for
over 20 years, that's the first thing I look for; the maintenance manual.
When I worked in Quality Assurance that's the first thing I always asked,
"where's the maintenance manual?". I don't care if they looked at it or
not,
but they better have it open to the correct page.

I took that same philosophy with me when I got out and built boats over at
Osprey. It has not failed me yet knocking on wood

Reader

"Brian D" wrote in message
...

A bad motor will typically still hum ...not always though. But I'd look
carefully for open connections before assuming the motor's bad.

Yes, it could be wiring related. Or water could also have gotten down into
the screw (of the tilt motor) and seized it up- there are many
possibilities. It should come out anyway, so it can be cleaned up and run
'on the bench'. Dependability is important when you're out on the water.