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Old 05-30-2023 | 09:36 PM
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Have an 86 Scarab Panther, TRS drives… Port not working off switch or trailer up switch. No clicking noise or anything, replaced solenoids just in case but no help. Checked fuse by pump and on dash, where should I go next? 3 wires coming out of plug? Red wire there should always be hot to switch?

Works fine if I jump solenoids with a screw driver…

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Old 05-30-2023 | 10:19 PM
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You have a test light or volt meter ?
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Old 05-31-2023 | 08:04 AM
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So if you can jump the solenoids and the pump works, then you have power and ground at the pump...problem will be in the wiring going to the switch or the switch itself. If you can get to the back side of the switch make yourself a jumper wire and momentarily connect the red wire to either the green or the blue....if pump works then bad switch...if still dead then you have a break somewhere between the pump and the switch inside the wiring..
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Thanks I’ll test next time I’m at boat.
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Old 06-07-2023 | 01:47 PM
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All good now, had power our of pump to switch, messed with the 3 wire connector plug at the pump... At first got a clicking like a bad solenoid, tried again and back in business.

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