Engine hatch not operating...where to look first??
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Engine hatch not operating...where to look first??
I just purchased a new to me 288 Intimidator and the engine hatch is not functioning. The guy I purchased the boat from was opening it manually and I would like to make it operational again. I see that it is ran off hydraulics so this is something new to me and if someone could point me in the right direction as to what to look at first that would be great!
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Yes it runs off the trim tab pump. That's what makes it kind of confusing for me, never seen anything like it before! I thought maybe all 288's were like this
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A lot of boats use a trim pump with an alpha drive ram to lift the hatch. It should be a pump that is solely for that hatch, not shared with another system.
I would assume what you are talking about is similar. You can break the pump/motor down and see if it is one or the other. Or get on ebay and buy a new pump for a couple hundred bucks.
I would assume what you are talking about is similar. You can break the pump/motor down and see if it is one or the other. Or get on ebay and buy a new pump for a couple hundred bucks.
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If the boat has the bennet style trim tabs, the hatch and tabs both run off the same pump. Normally mounted to the engine bulk head. The newer boats we switched to an electric hatch ram.