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Old 07-03-2010, 05:56 AM   #1

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Hello, wonder if anybody could point me in the right direction.
The trim gauge needle is all the way up and stay in the up position. The trailer up/down work fine. The trim button only work on the down position but not the up position. I open the trim button and put a meter to it have
12V on the down but no voltage at all on the up position and seem that its cut or wire is broken somewhere.
its a 1994 Mariah Talari Z200.

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    Default Re: trim gauge

    Usually, not always, but usually, trim up not working, when trim down and trailering do work indicates a bad trim sensor. You see: You're not supposed to operate the engine, much less the outdrive, with the outdrive above about 50%. That's why trim up stops at that point. If the trim sensor doesn't work, there's no way to tell if the drive has reached maximum operating trim up, so the trim up button won't work.

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    Default Re: trim gauge

    Most likely it is the starboard trim sensor causing the problem. Probably the wire(s) to it are disconnected.
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