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Old 06-18-2004 | 09:58 PM
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one of my pumps is very slow and getting slower as if in a bind somewhere(drive was off not long ago)or voltage is low.(both batt used on both)I guess this means the motor is going bad?Can I buy the mtr seperately? or should I just get the whole unit.Thanks
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Old 06-20-2004 | 11:35 AM
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Old 06-20-2004 | 04:29 PM
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Exactly the same happened to me today!
I'm going to tear down the motor tomorrow or Tuesday to figure out the problem.
I'll let you know.
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Old 06-20-2004 | 07:04 PM
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Check the fluid level. Mine did that and I had a leak on the outside line.
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Old 06-20-2004 | 08:37 PM
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fluid level is barely below MIN with outdrive all the way up??Seems like if it were low fluid the motor would spin faster and not move the drive?
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Old 06-20-2004 | 08:52 PM
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My motor was getting slower and slower and finally died.
The fluid level is perfect so I'm quite sure it is a motor failure.
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Old 06-21-2004 | 11:17 AM
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It's definitely the motor. Same thing happened to mine. Motor bad on one of my trim pumps and another bad on one of my K-plane pumps. Had them both rebuilt at an alternator/starter rebuild shop. Didn't cost much and now they all work well. Actually, the newely rebuilt ones are a little faster then the non-rebuilt ones. I should pull the other two.

Do the motors, I'm sure thats the problem and not the pumps.
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Old 06-21-2004 | 11:48 AM
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Thanks,I was wondering if they could be rebuilt. We have a good/cheap little alt shop down the street. It's never this easy with boats.
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Old 06-23-2004 | 10:28 AM
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I took my motor apart yesterday and the brushes was totally gone.
Cleaned it and installed new brushes today, runs like new!
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Old 06-23-2004 | 11:28 AM
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I took my motor apart yesterday and the brushes was totally gone.
Cleaned it and installed new brushes today, runs like new!

KV were did you purchase the brushes from. i have a motor that keeps quitting on me untill i go back and tap on it. i actually had a old motor laying around a swapped them out and works fine so i was thinking i'll replace the brushs for a spare.

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