Saintly Fish Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 20 minutes ago, thejollysinker said: Well it's finally sorted! The old motor was knackered drawing to much current which melted all the new wiring I'd carefully crafted so, it was on the hunt for a new motor. It's a bloody nightmare trying to fing spares at a reasonable cost. I found the exact part from one site but at 687 Euros was very quickly dismissed. Loads of pattern parts from China for around £120 but no measurements for the hole spacings etc etc so couldn't commit to buy as resposibility is placed on the purchaser with no returns blah blah.... Finally settled on the same part from a British supplier at £165 all in so went for that. Perfect fit apart from the woefully inadequate O ring supplied so had to source one of the correct size and bingo, motor fitted, sealed and tested in the garage ready for fitting today. Timed it perfectly with the tide, unhitched the back end mooring line, pulled her round and waited for the water to disappear. Got to work on fitting a new solenoid/relay pack, fitted the refurbed trim unit and re-connected the battery... quick test and I was good to go. Tidied up all the wiring with ties etc and watched the water flood back in very quickly with the Southerlies, got home and had an early beer 🙂 Looking forward to going out when there is a break in the weather (which we all know has been horrendous for weeks 😞) to try my new steering most of all... and very happy now the trim motor problem has been fixed and hopefully won't be giving me any issues for a good while to come ☺️ Nice one. You were quite lucky in the way that it all happened when the weather was so shit. You've not really missed much! thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 exactly what I thought 😬 😅 Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Looks like a top job there 🙂 thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Top spannering. Now for some decent weather hopefully 👍 thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 5 hours ago, thejollysinker said: Well it's finally sorted! The old motor was knackered drawing to much current which melted all the new wiring I'd carefully crafted so, it was on the hunt for a new motor. It's a bloody nightmare trying to fing spares at a reasonable cost. I found the exact part from one site but at 687 Euros was very quickly dismissed. Loads of pattern parts from China for around £120 but no measurements for the hole spacings etc etc so couldn't commit to buy as resposibility is placed on the purchaser with no returns blah blah.... Finally settled on the same part from a British supplier at £165 all in so went for that. Perfect fit apart from the woefully inadequate O ring supplied so had to source one of the correct size and bingo, motor fitted, sealed and tested in the garage ready for fitting today. Timed it perfectly with the tide, unhitched the back end mooring line, pulled her round and waited for the water to disappear. Got to work on fitting a new solenoid/relay pack, fitted the refurbed trim unit and re-connected the battery... quick test and I was good to go. Tidied up all the wiring with ties etc and watched the water flood back in very quickly with the Southerlies, got home and had an early beer 🙂 Looking forward to going out when there is a break in the weather (which we all know has been horrendous for weeks 😞) to try my new steering most of all... and very happy now the trim motor problem has been fixed and hopefully won't be giving me any issues for a good while to come ☺️ Excellent work Gary, and great that it is now sorted. I have been away all weekend Bass fishing, and will post up a report later 👍 thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 Thanks everyone, can’t wait to get back out and wet some lines 😊 suzook12, GPSguru and Saintly Fish 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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