Repair your mercruiser trim sender...don't replace it!
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- This is a short video on how i repaired my mercruiser trim sender. It was a simple fix.....if you have this type of sender unit and it has stopped working.....before you buy a new one ($75😩) try this. If you have a new unit, seal it with 5200 before you put it in the water....😆🚤ing.
Update 7/8/2017: the aluminum terminal repair worked great with the boat on the trailer and in the backyard. It only lasted about 20mins in the salt water. So, just like I thought, the terminal needs to be redone with stainless steel metal.
THANK YOU!!!! You are the only one on youtube who has actually shown whats in there and how to possibly fix this issue. I was having an issue with the trim gauge needle only moving about a 1/4 of the gauge, and after I took the sending unit cover off I found the same as you did, except that the little tines on the bottom connection had 3 missing/broken off, and one left was not making contact. I bent that one tine over a bit and it now works like a charm. I know I'll need to completely replace it eventually, but until then you saved me a lot of hassle. thanks again.
I am glad I could help with the illustration, great to hear it has worked for someone else to....thanks for viewing and thanks for the positive feedback😅
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Great video. I found the wires were cut maybe pinched. I was able to take mine apart put new wires in it and splice to the old wires. Zip tied the new splice back inside and hopefully they won’t get pinched again.
Great job, I'm crossing my fingers for ya. I've found that here in Virginia no matter what I do I only get two to three seasons out of a newly installed set before I have to make some type of repair to them.
I just got into mine. The lower contact arm had the three little fingers broken off, so I merely reshaped the rest of the piece to match the contact point where the three fingers used to contact the back of the white disk. Did a minor adjustment and it works like before...Awesome. Should last for a few seasons. BTW, the notch in the disk on my 1995 Bravo 1 faces forward. Appreciate this vid. Dunno what we all did prior to CZcams...hah!
Good job 👍...ain't that the truth.
GREAT VIDEO!!!! THANK YOU FOR POSTING!! Saved me alot of money and headaches. I made mine out of a car scent aluminum lid. Worked great!!
Good job....and thanks 😊
Thank you. One of the wires came loose on my trim unit and I want to re-connect it if possible. I haven't found anyone showing how to reconnect a wire broken from trim unit but this video is very nice and I'm learning things - I know a lot more than before I checked this out. Peace.😊
Thank you...and peace to you as well my brother 🙏
Perfect explanation. Thanks. Greetings from Belgium.
Thank you
Awesome video! Thank you. All mine needed was a little cleaning up. Now it works perfectly. Thank you!
thanks...good job
I made a new contact out of the brass feeler from a set of feeler gauges, easy to fabricate !!
thank you for sharing. very useful tip
Good...I'm happy that it has been helpful to you
Thanks man. Video was a bit sketch but info provided was A+. I’m guessing this is my problem
You're welcome. Good luck
Nice hand fabrication of that contact!
Try to pack the sender full of grease, as well as where the wires are- is there a rubber part for the wires that's held in place with a screw? If so there are two o-rings that might be bad and letting water in (#006). Also cracks in old wire insulation lets water wick into the sender. Just replaced my wires with 16ga silicone zip cord- working well. Thanks for posting!
great video, totally informative
Thanks
Thanks for sharing. Gonna give this a try.
You're welcome
huge help! thanks for the video!
glad to help....thank you
Thanks for sharing. Good option to make the sensor work. Good job. Question, I have a broken wire protruding 1/4" from the sensor. Any suggestions?
Tim Attwell , thank you for the kind words. In my opinion, if a wire has broken at your sensor without any trauma you might do better to replace the sensor. My reasoning is, once a conductor is exposed to salt water for some length of time it becomes less effective in some ways and brittle. Now, if you are a fresh water boater and just want a quick fix, you might consider soldering it and brushing on some liquid conductor boot repair...that might hold you over for a while. What ever you decide... keep me posted.
Good luck 😃
I am confused after reading which way disk goes back in, and what is aft? So when disk is in place on the sender, notch faces front towards transom (FRONT)? Last guy said not toward prop.
My 1995 Bravo 1 has the notch facing forward. Just made this repair this morning.
I can't read what it says about the position of the notch on the disk , is it up to the right or down to the left?
The notch should be mounted to face to the aft end of the boat
Cheers buddy 🤟
if the disc is broke and no connection the trim won't work then?
If the disk is broken chances are the conductor within has been severed. This fix will only work with a good working disk
Disconnect wiring from + 12VDC...You don't want it going into the water as the drive is Battery Negative terminal! Electrolysis is destroying your wiring.
Which way does the notch face on the disk?
Joe A , the notch should face aft
Does the notch face forward or backwards?
Backwards
If you are looking at it, it faces to the right. If you say aft they think he means left. Where it is mounted if it is right could be considered aft or bow. So the notch is toward the aft not towards the prop
My Bravo 1 on my 1995 Hallett has the notch facing forward.