runaway trim
runaway trim
For some as yet undiscovered reason, my stanrboard engine decided it wanted to be out of the water, and trimmed itself up. I pushed the down button on the binnacle, and it went down, waited till I wasn't looking and came back up again. Several times. All while I was maneuvering into a raft with lots of other Singles-on-Sailboats sailboats, and (of course) a multitude of witnesses. Perplexing. I found that if I unplugged the nine-pin electrical connector it would stay down, but since it had managed to bend the steel shift cable support bar, I had to hop back and forth between the helm and the engine compartment to shift manually. Doubly perplexing. I'm now trouble-shooting.
Sandy Daugherty "Page 83" PDQ 36026
Re: runaway trim
Sandy,
With the pin unplugged were you able to adjust the trim via the integrated switch on the front of the engine? If so I'd say you are looking at a bad switch in the binnacle or possibly a smashed electric line between the binnacle and the engine. Of course this is assuming your engines are like mine....
Good luck,
Tom
36041
www.tendervittles.net
With the pin unplugged were you able to adjust the trim via the integrated switch on the front of the engine? If so I'd say you are looking at a bad switch in the binnacle or possibly a smashed electric line between the binnacle and the engine. Of course this is assuming your engines are like mine....
Good luck,
Tom
36041
www.tendervittles.net