billmac

Hi everyone, This isn't official yet, but you might be interested in this: https://www.facebook.com/ClarksonUniversity/ I am the faculty advisor for Clarkson's bass club, and this young man is one of our past club presidents.

Yeah, it bothers me.

This may sound crazy, but what I'd like are stories, especially if you get someone older who's been tournament fishing a long time, like Hank Parker or Roland Martin. I like tips and instruction, but there's no lack of that here or elsewhere. I'd like to hear about experiences.

My selfies come out clear enough, but I have to remember to smile. It looks like I'm recording a hostage video.

I like to keep moving, so I cover a lot of water. I also bring a lot of enthusiasm with me. I don't always catch fish, but I always expect to, right down to the last cast. I've often come home wishing I'd caught fish, but I never come home wishing I hadn't gone fishing.

My guess is that the vehicle went fully into the water and flipped over.

So I got a new trim motor / pump in my '88 Mercury I6. Is there a handy process for bleeding out the air? It moves up, shakily, but not really down. I have repeatedly opened the fill tube and topped up the fluid, so maybe that's all I need. But it appears to be a slow process. If you saw my other posts you know that my manual release valve is frozen, so I can't use that as part of the process. Thanks.

Keith, It's a 1988 Mercury I6, 115HP. I tried an impact driver and that's what broke the screw initially. I've tried an easy-out. I've tried rapping it. No dice so far. If I thought it was only being held in by pressure, I would just drill through it, release the pressure, and put in a new one. But I'm a little afraid it is seized up in there. I thought removing the trim motor would release the pressure but the screw still won't turn. My two piston rods are still fully retracted, so something is still under pressure. I haven't found anyone in my area willing to work on the motor. Too old.

Hi Tom, I sent you a PM (DM?). Thanks, Bill

I think it's as Tom said, since it was trimmed down, it's under a lot of pressure.

So I managed to painstakingly raise the motor all the way and put the blocking lever (or whatever it is called) in place. I had naively supposed I would be able to remove the trim motor without removing the entire assembly, but that doesn't appear to be the case. One screw is accessible but the other is not. I tried tapping and turning the manual release screw but the screwdriver just dug into the screw.

Thanks. I have managed to use a jack to raise the motor a little. I will keep trying to raise it, but it's coming up very hard and I'm afraid of breaking something.

Hi Tom, The screw didn't back out at all. No movement whatsoever.

I tried an extractor bit. Wouldn't budge. I was afraid to force it too much, because if it falls apart, I'll have to replace the whole unit.

No, I think it is aluminum. True, but I have bypassed the relays and it didn't help.