I have an old 1984 Bayliner bass boat with an 85 hp Force. When I bought it, it had power tilt but no trim. I found someone that gave me a bad tilt/trim unit from the same engine and between the 2, I was able to get a working trim/tilt system working. The only problem is that it slowly bleeds down.

I've checked around and the rebuild kit for the pump is no longer available. I can get a new pump for $300.00 but I'm not going to put that much into this boat. I pulled apart my old pump and there isn't much to it. A few ballbearing type things, a couple of springs with ballbearings on top and a couple of springs with what looks to be some kind of check valve.

Would you guys know where I could get either a rebuild kit or the individual parts?

Being a contractor in this economy prohibits me from spending much money so if things get expensive, then I'll just live with it.

I did do a test to make sure it isn't the rams so I'm sure the bleed down is caused by the pump itself. Everything is working normally so I'm guessing that there is one check valve or something that is bad. Perhaps I can just replace that one valve???

Since the rebuild kit isn't available, would another application have the same parts???

A/C units, refrigeration compressors, some other hydraulic application??? How would I find stuff like that???

Hey Bud, from watching the weather, you might as well be down here, eh?

Well, sort of. Inland it's been hot but here on the coast, the most we have seen is about 80. That's a rarity here. That was only on Monday. Now it's back to the typical overcast, cool and windy. Daily highs around 65. 70 tops. Lows are in the high 40's to low 50's.

I gotta tell ya, I went to the Umpqua river last weekend fishing for smallies. Never caught one before. Wow was that fun. Caught tons of them. I just fished from the bank throwing Panther Martins but tomorrow morning I'm taking my brother out in the boat. Hopefully we can land a boatload.

Should be fun. I'll let you know how it goes.

Sounds like you should be here IMHO. My boat is running great, the weather is finally been ok and the fishing has been good. Really good. The salmon should be in the main river in a few weeks as well and if you like sturgeon, now's the time.

Anyway, hope you get your engine going. Did you find a good mechanic?

Keep me up to speed.

No luck on the house just yet but eventually it will go so I'll be down asap.

     

I used to catch sturgeon on the Red River when I was in the Air Force in Shreveport Louisiana. Wow! They are really powerful. Smallmouth are great fighters . Have fun!

Yeah, I'd love that cool weather. I absolutely hate the summers here, but the winters are great.

I think I found a good mechanic. He gave me another tip for working on my carb. If that doesn't work I'll take it to him to work on. Either way I plan to be ready for the striper tournement at Lake Pleasant 8-22-09. Later bud.

I hope you get it taken care of. I know it gets depressing when you can't get it on the water.

Been there, done that.

I went to the Umpqua today and slayed 'em. Boated more than we could count. We lost count at 50 SM.

Fun times for all.

Won't last long though. It should start raining in another 5 or 6 weeks and that will probably be it until May. With a little luck, I'll be down there by then.

 Good luck on your engine. Let me know if you get it going.

          CYA