Tilt Problem With Johnson 225

UWDiver · 10-27-2009, 11:45 AM

I'm in the process of storing my boat and when I went to tilt the motor up to put it on the support lever, it made a bit of a grinding noise and only went up a few inches. The tilt motor would run but the motor wouldn't budge. I put the batteries on a charger thinking that might be the problem but it didn't help. Any ideas? There's plenty of trim/tilt fluid in it.
Thanks for any help!
Chris

A1 Outboard · 11-03-2009, 11:09 AM

TNT is always checked with the engine tilted all the way to the top. You can tilt it up by loosening the manual valve and lifting the engine up.

UWDiver · 11-03-2009, 11:16 AM

I tried to tilt it manually but the release screw is so corroded, it's frozen. Going to have to work on that.
Thanks!