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    Inherited 16' Aluminum fishing boat need HELP!

    Also not sure if I was supposed to but I used it to raise and lower the motor when launching/recovering the boat is this ok?
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    Inherited 16' Aluminum fishing boat need HELP!

    Thanks guys all good info. I really want to keep the trim cuz it was nice being able to tilt/trim the motor so that the boat planed the best depending on how many people were in it. I will look at the manual and so what is what I leave for Mexico in two days so I might not get to this till I get...
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    Inherited 16' Aluminum fishing boat need HELP!

    Anybody? :cry:
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    Inherited 16' Aluminum fishing boat need HELP!

    You are right it is hydraulic. I have attached some pics. So I take the outboard off to get at the motor for the tilt??
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    Inherited 16' Aluminum fishing boat need HELP!

    On the tilt the wires go from the relays to a big rubber coated wire that goes into what I assume is the motor, I don't believe there is a pump I don't think it's a hydraulic tilt I think it has an electric motor in there I will take some pics tommorow to show it in more detail. So plywood and...
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    Inherited 16' Aluminum fishing boat need HELP!

    So not PT plywood? Can I do good plywood with an epoxy coating? Don't want to fiberglas anything. The current decking is just ply not epoxy on it or fiberglass. Has lasted 20yrs. Perhaps it's marine plywood? I don't seem to have that available locally. I have found many suppliers online for...
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    Inherited 16' Aluminum fishing boat need HELP!

    We tested with a voltmeter and there is power going into the humminbird base so I think the unit is bad so I will try to find a unit that uses the same base to replace it. We are getting power to and out of the tilt/trim relays so I guess that is beyond us to fix. I am thinking the boat will...
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    Inherited 16' Aluminum fishing boat need HELP!

    Ok been fishing my whole life and besides having a 10' jon boat with a 4hp motor in my early 20's most of my boating experience is with canoes and Kayaks. At the end of last summer I met a new woman. It got pretty serious and we started "going out" She is a great gal and a definite bonus is...
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