My Motor Guide trolling motor only works when it is out of the water. The wires got crossed at the male plug and something must have burned up. I posted this on another forum and I was told it may be the circuit board in the head of the module shaft. Is this something that can be fixed by someone that doesn't no much about this stuff (me)? Or am I just going to have to send it off?

First, you will need to post a model number. Not all even have circuit boards but if it runs when out of the water, but not in, it could just be a loose.

A loose?

Wire.

I forgot to say my trolling motor is a 42# Thrust Motor Guide Pro Series 4300. It is a '05 or '06 model.

Well I got a little bored, being snowed in and all, so I decided to do a little testing on my trolling motor. I filled my bathtub almost to the top and ran my trolling motor in it. And yes, water did go everywhere. I had the curtain closed though so nothing got in the floor. I was able to completely submerse the prop in the water. I went through all five speeds and it seemed to do just fine. I don't know what this means as compared to being attached to a boat but it ran in the tub. I hadn't tried the motor since it came off my dad's boat back in March '09.

But more great news. The button you push to make the trolling motor go is now broke. I don't know what has happened to it. It doesn't click when you push it in. I had to just turn it on the continuous mode. So there is something else that needs to be fixed.