Trim Gage

[walfshmn]

I have a 2007, 1860 Angler with a Yamaha F150.
Last weekend I noticed that after I got on plane and started to trim up the trim gage didn't move. It shows that I am all the way up and then some and will not move.
I didn't have time to look at anything as I needed to get home but I am going back up on Friday and would like to know where to start looking.
Is there a fuse for this gage? Or would I start at the motor area.
The trim works fine.
Also, when I left the boat ramp I had to go through a bunch of weeds and weeded up the prop and had to put it in reverse and get on it pretty good to clear the weeds.
Could this somehow be related to the problem? It was just after this when I got on plane and started to trim up I noticed the gage wouldn't move.
Any help would be appreciated.

[Phil T]

The simplest problem to solve is junk under the little lever that senses the engine's position. It's cleverly hidden in the engine mount bracket. It's easy and cheap to clean. Electrical faults are more difficult to trace and repair.

[walfshmn]

Thanks Phil I will look at this and clean all around.

[big_crappie]

Look at the center of the motor under the motor in the front on the tilt tube. There is a little plastic tab clamped onto the tilt tube. They are known to break often. New ones are metal. Let me know if you want a picture.

[sddan2]

Please post a picture. How do you adjust the tab?

[Bill Krejca]

Please post a picture. How do you adjust the tab?

If I remember correctly, when I replaced my broken plastic one with a metal one, the bracket sort of fit into a slot, so it wasn't adjustable.

Bill Krejca

[walfshmn]

Look at the center of the motor under the motor in the front on the tilt tube. There is a little plastic tab clamped onto the tilt tube. They are known to break often. New ones are metal. Let me know if you want a picture.
If you could post a picture I would really appreciate it.
Thank you.

[bobberal]

Look right in the center in front..It is in plain view, and there is a sending unit right behind it. There is a arm on it that moves a switch up and down.

Hope it is not the sending unit, that part cost me $150.00, the bracket is a easy and cheap fix. And please note that the sending unit on older Yamaha's are two wire and the new ones are three wire.

Al

[bumps2]

Here is a link to a schematic showing the new style metal trim sender cam. The plastic one on my 2004 200 HPDI broke and I replaced it with the metal one. It clamps around the tilt tube using one screw and is adjustable or at least it was on my motor. Zoom in on the schematic and you can see it clearly. It is part #1 on the parts list. Note this schematic is for 2006 and later F150's so would think if your motor is a 2007 it would already have the metal cam.

http://www.boats.net/parts/search/Yamaha/Outboard/2006%20and%20Later%204-stroke/F150TLR%2063P-1049287/BRACKET%202/parts.html

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[big_crappie]

If you could post a picture I would really appreciate it.
Thank you.

Here you go.

[walfshmn]

Thanks for all the help. I know exactly where to look now.
I will get back to where the boat is this weekend and see what is going on.

[Miami Vice]

May I make a suggestion that's completely out of left field.
When my boat was brand new, I had my mechanic pull my trim gauge out of the dash and replaced it with an entirely different gauge. I installed a water pressure gauge which I thought was much more practical.
On a walleye type boat up to 19' long where the engine is mounted directly to the transom, it's so easy to look back at the engine and trim it out. If you have an analog trim gauge they have never been precise so just using the gauge without looking at the motor you may not get the perfect trim angle you are looking for.
If you have unlimited room on your dash and have every gauge imaginable than having a trim gauge is fine, but if you only have room for 3 or 4 gauges I can think of gauges that are more important than a trim gauge.
Miami Vice

[walfshmn]

Thanks to all that helped, it is that plastic clip that is broken.
Because it is broke I could spin it around some to get at the screw so it was easy to get off but it looks like the hydraulic steering is in the way to put the new one in. I might be able to tighten it with a special Phillips wrench bent 90 degrees rather than taking the hydraulic steering off.
Is there any other trick to getting this on and tight?

[Bill Krejca]

Thanks to all that helped, it is that plastic clip that is broken.
Because it is broke I could spin it around some to get at the screw so it was easy to get off but it looks like the hydraulic steering is in the way to put the new one in. I might be able to tighten it with a special Phillips wrench bent 90 degrees rather than taking the hydraulic steering off.
Is there any other trick to getting this on and tight?

The new one will be metal. Bend it (open it up) enough to get it on. Note a small tab that fits in to a slot when you rotate it. My motor is a F115, so it may be different.

Bill Krejca