Need to adjust how fast my K-plane moves
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A friend had this problem on a new boat. Merc's solution was to put a lighter weight oil in the slow pump. After a little while of trial and error they replaced most of the oil in the slow pump with a lighter weight oil which helped the problem but never completely solved it. I use the both switch. Mine work about the same speed but if they get off I just adjust with the seperate switches.
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If both tabs are all the down or up there is about a 1/4"-5/16" at half way and about a 1/2"-5/8" at end of stroke measuring the cylinder rod itself. I know it doesn't sound like much but it makes a huge difference especially at cruising speeds.
I already have power steering fluid in both.
Okay, I am pretty mechanically inclined but I know very little about electrical stuff except basic wiring. When you say put a diode in line are you basically saying have a switch so I can use the two sets of switches seperately?
I already have power steering fluid in both.
Okay, I am pretty mechanically inclined but I know very little about electrical stuff except basic wiring. When you say put a diode in line are you basically saying have a switch so I can use the two sets of switches seperately?
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If you used a Double Pole Double Throw (DPDT) switch you could activate two trim pumps with one switch. Works well if the switch is activating solenoids.
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I had that problem once, tried all the electrical bs I ended up tearing the pump apart, and there was a bunch of **** in the resivor and in the strainers, I cleaned it all up and put new o-rings on everything.
Problem solved!
Problem solved!
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Yes, but he is trying to make both planes behave as one. If that is true, then tying the two systems together is the only way to make them absolutly even
You cannot put hydralic cylinders which are not mechanically tied to each other in parallel as one can act as a pump to the other.
To witness the effect the next time you have an out drive off and the two trim cylinders are no longer mechanically tied together by the outdrive push on one, the other will move out.
Last edited by ursus; 09-03-2003 at 07:38 AM.
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Just buy the diode kit from Merc used on the Zero Effort Shifters with trim switch in the handle of a dual shifter. It will work on tabs the same as it does on trim pumps because they're the same pumps and solenoids.
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