75 HP Yamaha Tilt trim?

How do I use the manual tilt on 75 yamaha and can I make my own lever to operate it from next to the transsom bracket,the hydrolic cylinder are there with the release pin but everything else are missing,if anyone can give me some help to build my own lever to conect onto pin to release hidrolic,thanx

ben
August 2013

I have a 2002 75hp yamaha outboard engine.The tilt workd perfect going up but wont go down. Can anyone tell me the problem. Thanks

smith
May 2011

Sounds like your tilt/trim relay is bad. It's inside the engine cowling. If you hear a click when you try and trim, it is the solenoid in the relay trying to power the trim motor, but probably corrosion due to arcing of the relay contacts over time has built up enough so current doesn't pass through to the motor. Can try repeated actuation, sometimes the repetition will physically break through the layer of corrosion and it will start working. If that don't work, you can try hotwiring around the relay, but be careful. Disconnect the battery, unwire the relay and hook ground to one of the motor leads coming to the relay and hot to the other. Hook up the battery and the motor should trim up or down. Reverse the leads to the motor and it should go down or up. If it does, change the relay.

Mike
April 2010