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I have a 92 with an OMC drive. Coming off the lake today my wife loaded the boat on the trailer shut it off and started to raise the our drive. It went up part way then stopped. It was up enough to get us out of the water and back to camp. I nuts around with it and it goes down fine. Up it trips the circuit breaker mounted to the pump right away. Even after I reset the beaker it won't do anything. I go back in and wiggle some wires. Still nothing I tapped on the pump and nothing. Then out of the blue it goes up again for about another inch and trips the breaker again.

Where do I start?? I know nothing about the tilt motor.

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1992 Four Winns 220 horizon

If I hit the reset and go and hold in the bottom to raise the outdrive. The circuit breaker pops??!

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1992 Four Winns 220 horizon

find the connector for the trim, mine is on the top starboard side of the engine. disconnect the connectors and make sure they are not corroded or have any debris , moisture also check the wires very closely. They get bounced around pretty good and they can tend to get cracks in the wire and then short out on the top of the motor. last week mine came loose and would let me go down on the trim but not up. zip tie came loose and it bounced apart. I reconnected mine and put a hose clamp just snug around it and re zip tied it stationary. Good luck

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1997 Horizon RS 180
5.7 GL Volvo Penta /SX drive. (1.60)
2018 Ford F-150 super crew 4x4

If the circuit breaker pops that is a sign that the motor is drawing more current than the breaker is designed to handle. As noted above, check all the connections starting from the battery, battery grounds, relay grounds, etc for corrosion. This includes looking at the wire strands to see if corrosion traveled up the wires. If they are good then the motor itself may be getting old and drawing too much current, might be time for a rebuilt one.

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

I found the harness you were talking about. It's a water tight harness and it actually had zip ties on it already. It was loose. It goes up now. Thank you for your help.

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1992 Four Winns 220 horizon

Good deal. I was actually on the lake trying to load my boat back on trailer when mine stopped working. Had to go find a dock and mess around to figure it out. It was getting late. Thank god I figured it out.

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1997 Horizon RS 180
5.7 GL Volvo Penta /SX drive. (1.60)
2018 Ford F-150 super crew 4x4

Is there a way to over ride the hydraulics in case of a emergency? Besides unhooking he hoses?

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1992 Four Winns 220 horizon

I don't know if there is any manual override valve on the pump.
You could pull the pin that attaches the cylinder rods to the drive and tie the cylinders up so they don't fall...then lift the drive with a rope from the tow-eye. Would not be easy.

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"Knot Easy" 2000 Horizon 240 Volvo 5.7GS /SX
tow: 2017 Honda PILOT EXL-AWD
prev. boats:
'87 Chaparral 198CXL 4.3 OMC Cobra
'69 Jetstar 16ft Ski Boat, 115hp Yamaha
'68 Aluminum Jon Boat, 3hp Sears
'64 Water Wings

Ya I need to check into this issue as well, I was actually stuck leaving my boat in the water due to not wanting to tear of the lower unit of my boat. luckily I figured it out, but man what if something else happens... I like your idea. Going to start keeping the proper tools for the job handy.

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1997 Horizon RS 180
5.7 GL Volvo Penta /SX drive. (1.60)
2018 Ford F-150 super crew 4x4