New 88 242LS with a few questions
 

after about 2 years of looking on and off i finally bought a 1988 242ls. Anyways I bought the boat knowing these problems and knowing what i was getting into. Hopefully they are as small as I was hoping for. On to the issues

-Bravo 1 drive will go down with the switch on the throttle control but not up. will tilt up with the trailer control.
-speedometer does not work at all but all other gauges work fine. Where should i start testing for the issue?

those are the main 2 issues at the moment.

thanks!

The drive will not go all the way up with the throttle button. It only goes up a little bit with that button. The speedo is a tube. if the tube is plugged or the pickup is broken the gauge wont work.

The drive will not go up at all with the throttle button but will go all the way up with the trailer button.

Take the switch out of the throttle shifter and clean it out... if its the quicksilver throttle with an egg shape trim switch top then this is most likely the culprt as their contacts are notorious for getting slight corrosion.

Also worth checking your solenoids on the trim motor, there is a separate solenoid for going up and down. Switch them up and if you have reversed the issue then its a solenoid.

That sounds like a transom limit switch. You can go to the port side (inside boat) where the switch wires come up then disconnect and wires and jump the boat side. Try trim switch. The trailer switch bypasses this. Drive should now come all the way up.

This would mean trim limit switch problem. You can look up the procedure on u-tube.

thanks will try that out!

thank you! will also give this a look at

I bet it's the solenoid , take some Elec wiring and put it to the positive side of the battery and the other to the blue wire connection on the trim pump . Solenoids are like 15 bucks

x 1,000

If that were the problem the trailer up would not work.

Congratulations on your new social director, I mean boat. I think you will love the 242. Where will you be boating?

Thanks!

90% of the time it will be on lake Michigan.

I just solved both of the same problems when I changed my transom assemblies. Not that you need to go that extreme but I had defective trim limit switches and the hose connecting the speedometer to the lower unit wasn't connected. I didn't realize at the time that the speedo pick up is in the lower unit. If you don't know there's a very small notch in the leading edge of the lower unit, so small it looks like a nick from hitting something in the water. That's connected to a small hose on the top of the lower unit and that hose runs to the inside of the boat. There's plenty of info on both of these via search or feel free to ask away.

Awesome thanks! Where does everyone get parts online? I would like to use genuine parts of possible.

Go2marine.com is a reasonable site that does well. To get better than that you will have to do a LOT of online searches.

Welcome to the club! Post some pics! We love pics!

What do you have for power?

great boat we loved ours, I agree check the solenoids the wires often get brittle or break down there, after thats confirmed chase the quicksilver controls as mentioned on last page

You were right on the hose being disconnected from the lower unit! Still have yet to test out the limit switch as it has been crummy weather here and the boat is outside at the moment until I figure out where I'm going to store it.

My speedometer hasn't worked since I purchase the boat, the hose is disconnected at the drive. I just use my Garmin for speed. My up switch did not work when I bought the boat but my switch was on the console and not the throttle, I moved the wire over to the other terminal on the switch and it started working again.

Thanks everyone! Also the motor has about 2 hours on it since it was fully rebuilt in August of 15. It still has the break in oil. How long should I run that oil for?

http://www.onallcylinders.com/2014/1...-break-engine/

This is a good read up on how often to change the oil in a new motor break in.

I'd run it for an hour or 2 varying rpm and shut down and sit after every 30 min or so and cool down. I didn't see what kind of motor you were running but I assume it's rebuilt stock. If so I'd run rotella 15-40 it has the highest zinc content for flat tappet cams.

At 2 hours it's had quite a bit of break in time. Don't baby it. Put some load on it to set the rings, vary the rpms. Change the oil soon. Idling a new motor isn't helping it, drive that thing.

thanks! i have yet to have it out or even start it since i got it. the weather here has turned to crap the day i got it. sleeved stock bore, comp 11-244-4 cam, comp roller rockers, edelbrock victor intake, holly 850 CFM carb. everything else from the rebuild sheet was pretty much stock matched.