96 XP VTS question

[brad]

My VTS recently stopped working in my 96xp. When I press the button to make it trim up or down all that I can hear is a click. I pulled the "VTS" cover off and pulled the motor out. When I pulled this cover off there was no water present. Also the rubber boot was not tore. I bench tested the motor and it works fine. I proceeded to check my fuses up front and all are fine. Are there any suggestions on what I should check out next?

[brad]

Anyone??

[Technical Support]

Where is the clicking from? Are any of the gears frozen?

[brad]

The gears have plenty of grease on them and I can move the nozzle by hand. So mechanically everything appears to be functional. The clicking noise comes from the square box just behind the VTS motor. It has 2 sets of wires coming into it. I planned on taking that out tonight to further inspect.

[Technical Support]

I believe you need a new VTS module then. Bill might have better info.

[brad]

thats not what i wanted to hear but thanks for your input

[ May 28, 2003, 02:06 PM: Message edited by: brad ]

[Bill O'Neal]

That would be my guess.

[brad]

Ok guys I figured it out. I traced a couple of wires to the rear electrical box. When I opened that box up there was about 2 inches of water sitting in the bottom. When I pulled the guts out I found a lot of corosion and bad connections. It ended up that the fuse holder for the trim was so coroded a proper connection could not be made. I cleaned that out along with many other connections and the trim worked great. I think my next step will be to buy a new gasket for the rear electrical box. Thanks for your help!

[Bill O'Neal]

That's wierd, then why did it click when you depressed the trim button? Must have been making some kind of electrical connection.......