hey. i suspect my power trim cylinders are in need of fluid... what oil should i put in them? do they even have a way of refilling them? or are they sealed?? i haven taken a good look at them.... thanx!

Dextron ATF works just fine.

There should be two big humps on top of the T&T unit. Ones the motor, the other the resevoir. Should be a plug in the side of it to add it. Different models have different methods of adding fluid so check the book. Some of them you trim it up, add the fluid, let it down and let the extra run out, the raise it back up and put the plug in

thanx. this is a really old (mid 70s) bassboat we are restoring... it was abandoned in a fishing town with no way to get spare parts, so its fixed with whatever they had in hand... the bilge pump actually feed the livewells.... so, there is no way for me to tell if the cylinders are the original ones... so i cant look at the book, but i can take a look at them and even remover them from the boat to inspect them... so that oil you mention, Dextron ATF, do you have the specs?? is it motor oil, transmision fluid, or what it is?? because i am in Mexico, and i havent seen that fluid around here but if i know what other uses it has, i can find the equivalent... thanx!!