I just purchased a 2008 Triton and it has the Mercury Smart Craft gauge on the console. I accidentally hit the reset on the gauge and now my tilt and trim isnt set. I cant find any material on line for a 2008 model. Can anyone give me some directions on how to set up the tilt?

Turn the key off & then restart. It reboots to the original settings for me.

I tried that and everything went to normal but the tilt. It was reading 1,2,3 and so on. Now its 17.4 17.6and some other numbers and they vary each time i start it up. The tilt part when i go to it it has a down arrow up arrow and both arrows, so I figured it needed to be reset.

Try tilting the motor straight down & resetting to zero. Then start tilting up & see if it reads correctly. My reads at zero straight down & climbs up as I tilt up. Hope that helps.

I tried tilting the motor up and down, but it never reset to zero.

Have you tried disconnecting the battery to reset it? I have never had this issue with mine.

my book says turn ign key to on

press and hold (mode) and (light ) key for 3 seconds. should come up cal 1

press mode key

press (light button for on or off

press mode button

the word trim and down should blink

trim to full down

press (light) button to save

press mode to advance to 10 setting

trim motor all the way out

press (light) to save

press mode to 25 setting

trim out to maximum trailor position (whatever that is, let me know if you know)

press (light) to save