Auxilary Trailering/Trim Switch
 

For the last 4 years here in Colorado the Department Of Wildlife and the BLM have required all boats being launched in any state or federal lake be checked for Zebra Mussels.
I don't mind the requirement at all , it just sucks to have to lower the drive going both in and out of the water at the check station.
Soooooo , I came up with adding another trim/trailer switch at the back of my Diablo where it is readily accessible without climbing in the boat(I'm only 5'-8") everytime.
Has anyone done this before on the forum? If so any pointers to wire it in and how about where to mount the switch. I was thinking close to the fuel filler.
What do you guys think?
Here is a pic of the stern of my Diablo

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ss/boat087.jpg

Thanks for any input :)

Larry

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You definately won't regret having the trailering/trim switch added. I have put them on several boats now and it makes it so much easier. Don't know if it matters, but I would probably put the switch on the other side of the stern light, opposite from the fuel fill. That way, it's closer when you get out of your vehicle to walk around the back to lower the stern drive at your launch. As far as wiring, I've always had the switches installed by my marine service guy. He never charged much, so it must have been pretty easy to do. Good luck with the switch!

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Hey dey ,
I thought about on the port side , but my grandson(6) , and others use the boarding ladder on occasion. Figured it would be a little more out of the way towards the starboard side.
Any input on wiring or a better location? Do I need a relay of anysort between the switch and the motor , or can I wire direct to motor?

Larry

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hi Larry,

You may already have the wiring in place for the transom mounted trailer switch. If u look at my power trim/tilt diagnostics sticky you should see a purple/white & a red/purple wire with connectors hanging from your loom up behind the engine. I'm not certain though that all of our boats had the wiring in place. No relay is required as far as i know.

As for positioning of the switch, i would likely install just to the starboard side of the fuel filler depending on how easy it is to access that area.

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Hey Larry,

I'm picking up my boat from the shop later this afternoon. Had to fix the leak of drive fluid into the bilge, have to replace yolk and upper seal. Anyway, I'll check the wiring when I get it back. I agree with Mikey, that you won't need a relay.

Dan

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Thanks guys.
I think that having one at the stern will help me out a bunch. Especially at the end of the day when I'm draggin a** :)
It ain't the years that have caught up with me.....it's the miles. LOL LOL

Larry

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I mounted mine behind the grab rail to prevent it getting kicked/stepped no with all the traffic across the back of mine. I also mounted one in my anchor bay so that I could put it into trailer position from the hitch of the trailer when I am loading at the dock. I did not use the provided wiring harness but rather wired the two in series and and attached directly to the solenoids at the pump.

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Hi Larry
did you fit the switch?
i'm thinking of fitting one to mine.

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Not yet Andy ,
but it is already wired as mikey thought. I bet yours is too.
I blew the original motor that was in her when I bought her. So......the trim switch went on hold while I am building up my new motor.

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I just bought this

TRIM AND TILT SWITCH TRANSOM MOUNT UNIVERSAL OUTBOARDS ENGINE MOTOR | eBay

like you i'm not the tallest of chaps, and if you've seen the pic's of my boat on it's trailer jumping in and out all the time will soon get boring at the ramp/slipway.

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Fitted mine today,
there didn't appear to be any wiring in place but to be honest I wasn’t in the mood to open up the loom under there to hunt for it.
Instead I wired it up from behind the throttle lever.

Already proving to be a handy addition to the boat

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I have a factory installed trim up and down switch.you can see it in the gallery under 2000 gary g z 272 .the switch is on the left side by the 11o volt shore power outlet,left of the boarding ladder .it works great if you want lower or raise the lower unit without going back to the control panel. Thats my 2 cents worth. Gary g:):):)

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Larry,
I just put a remote tilt switch on my talari this past week. Doesnt look like your diablo has a shower/washdown panel, but that is where i mounted my switch. Its just a simple on/off/on momentary with a waterproof boot that fits over the toggle. havent checked to see if i had an existing wire harness for it though. i run three wires to it from the tilt pump. one is hot, and the other two go to the two solenoids that power the pump up and down, probably the same way as jarwiebe did . total cost was around 9 bucks.

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Lets see a pic or a drawing of exactly how you connected the remote switch?

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ok Mikey, here are a couple of pics of my connections. I cant really get a good pic of my pump since it's tucked away in the engine compartment and dark, but here is a pic of a pump similar mine. to the left of the pump are two small solenoids mounted to the braket that also supports the pump. the look like miniatures of the old style car starter solenoids. in the second pic, you will see the solenoid itself. the two big lugs will face towards you as you look at the front of the pump. either above or underneath these two lugs are two smaller ones. since mine has the smaller lugs below the big ones, I made my connection to the small right hand lug. If yours has the small lugs above the big one, connect to the left one. cant remember which solendoid is for up or down, but wouldnt be hard to figure out once you get it all hooked up. In case the up position on the switch makes it go down, swap the connections on the switch. I ran a hot wire from my switch to the power supply connection on the pump. pretty simple hookup

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Excellent. Easy way to remember the solenoid up-down wiring is Blue = sky = up and Green= grass = down.

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Nice job Paul.
I sure like having mine. Saves my butt crawling in and out at every boat check point.:wink_thumbup:

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That's a good way to remember the wires, Mikey. Larry, I had to come up with something. That heaving myself over the side of a tall boat on a trailer to hit the tilt button was getting painful!

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I know exactly what you mean Paul!:wink_thumbup:

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+1 too that Sir :yes_grin:

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That throwing g my leg over inside the boat to climb in and out was fun fun, especially when I had installed new trim senders and was setting them myself. Last time I did that, my foot slipped on a slick floor (carpet was removed) and had a harsh landing while straddling the side of the boat. It hurt, and i mean REALLY hurt!