Throttle Hitting?
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Figured out why mine has an issue...
Sunday, I was having fun pounding through 4 footers and adjusted the drive trim to around "3" at about 50mph. Next thing I know, the boat starts freaking out - bouncing around. I look down and saw the port drive trim was buried! It wouldn't respond when I tried to bring it back in. Backed off the throttles to get control. The circuit breaker tripped as the switch stuck.
Tonight, I went to pull the switch and figure out why it stuck. There is a 1/3 inch spacer behind the trim switch plate, which explains why my throttles hit it. I noticed it was added to keep the switches from hitting the trim indicator cables right behind it. It must have been done by Lip Ship when they redid the dash (&more) in 2000.
Time for heads up indicators so I can use the trim indicator space to flush mount my Garmin....
Sunday, I was having fun pounding through 4 footers and adjusted the drive trim to around "3" at about 50mph. Next thing I know, the boat starts freaking out - bouncing around. I look down and saw the port drive trim was buried! It wouldn't respond when I tried to bring it back in. Backed off the throttles to get control. The circuit breaker tripped as the switch stuck.
Tonight, I went to pull the switch and figure out why it stuck. There is a 1/3 inch spacer behind the trim switch plate, which explains why my throttles hit it. I noticed it was added to keep the switches from hitting the trim indicator cables right behind it. It must have been done by Lip Ship when they redid the dash (&more) in 2000.
Time for heads up indicators so I can use the trim indicator space to flush mount my Garmin....




