Twin throttle trim controls

Jeff Delbuono

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Jun 11, 2018
1,126
Edison New Jersey
Boat Info
1998 Sea Ray 290 Sundancer
Engines
5.0 efi w/ alpha 1 gen 2 drives
Has anydody had this problem? My trim down works fine on both. but when i try to trim motors up both do nothing. If i use trailer switch only one goes up and other does nothing. So i know my selonoids aer good cause i replaced them last year and 1 works with trailer switch. Can it be the throttle switches or something else. I did change trim limit and trim sender switches on drive already. Any help would be great
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I’ve had a similar problem starboard side would not trim up with switch, portside was intermittent coming up, took both trim limit switches apart and cleaned contacts. Problem solved. Trailer switch would raise both outdrives.
 
Last year i replaced both limit swtches. Can i just disconnect them to see if that is problem. Or do they have to be connected
 
just an update. changed the throttle switches and still nothing. only cost $50 so not too bad. disconected the 2 wires from the limit switch and nothing. unscrewed both limit switches from drives and cleaned and re installed. boom. problem fixed. I found that i had turned the limit switch too far and was shutting down the up. who knew that a 1/4 inch adjustment would mean so much.
 

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