How High Should I Be Able to Raise Motor?

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Mosnowman · #1 Post by **Mosnowman** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:07 pm

So I imagine this is a silly question but being relatively new to the boating scene I will ask it anyway...

When my 2012 Harris Tritoon is sitting in the water should I be able to raise the motor completely out of the water when it is fully up? It has a "rough water package" designed for Lake of the Ozarks which may just be marketing hype but I was wondering if that has anything to do with it. I rent a wet slip and cannot get the motor completely out of the water.

Unless I'm mistaken several other toons around me can? I believe one is a Bennington. I don't believevthey are on a lift so I was curious? It would certainly help me keep things cleaner!

Thanks!

margaritaman · #2 Post by **margaritaman** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:19 pm

If you have an outboard you should be out of the water, my 2 cents.

peterb803 · #3 Post by **peterb803** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:28 pm

yes..........the motor should tilt up completely out of the water.

I don't know what the "rough water pkg" is or what it does, but that shouldn't make a difference.

check to see if anything is impeding the motor from completely tilting up. (ski tow bar..??)

do you hear any unusual noise while tilting...?

take pics and post....someone here should be able to help.

good luck.
pb

edit...
I now see the ski tow bar in your avatar pic....is the engine hitting that...???

NonHyphenAmerican · #4 Post by **NonHyphenAmerican** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:48 pm

My 90hp tilts up far enough that it's out of the water, IF.....there's not two or three of us standing back there fishing.

So I'd look for something impeding it as suggested.

crookedlaker · #5 Post by **crookedlaker** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:25 am

When i got my Harris the motor was very close to the ski bar so they put a electronic tilt limiter on it that limits the amount you can tilt the motor
after i had them lower the motor i had room to tilt the motor fully.
The tilt limiter was a small electronic box with one exposed orange wire coming out of it, there was also another orange wire next to it connected to ground. they both had waterproof plugs on them
to change the tilt you have to connect the orange wires together tilt the motor up to the desired position and then disconnect the orange wires. That sets the tilt limit. i am not able to access my boat or i would take a photo of it
The box was on the side of the motor under the cover probably 2 x 2 inches.
i can get photos but may be a couple of weeks or so

mike

ToonGuy · #6 Post by **ToonGuy** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:12 am

How high your motor tilts has nothing to do with the brand or "package" of your toon. If your motor will not tilt to where it's completely out of the water, there are few things to consider:

First, when the boat it out of the water tilt the motor up as far as possible. Can you engage the safety towing lock? If so, your motor is tilting up as far as possible.

If not, then it is either hitting something (an object is physically stopping it), or you have an external limit switch installed by the dealer or mfg. to keep the motor from hitting something.

While unlikely, it is possible your motor tilts up to its max, but because the way your boat is built and/or loaded the motor simply doesn't get all the way out of the water.

Mosnowman · #7 Post by **Mosnowman** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:31 am

Thanks for all the replies! I stopped by my storage unit but the motor is too close to the wall for me to tilt it up in there. I don't think it will hit the ski tow bar ( avatar pic) though. I do know the boat seems to sit pretty low in the water in the back to the point I thought it was too low. I will try to get so e pics when the weather warms up and I can get out on the water. I'm thinking that maybe there is a limit on it to keep the front of the motor from hitting the floor of the boat when fully up?

Thanks again and hopefully I can figure this out!

Mosnowman · #8 Post by **Mosnowman** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:39 am

Mosnowman · #9 Post by **Mosnowman** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:40 am

Mosnowman · #10 Post by **Mosnowman** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:43 am

ToonGuy · #11 Post by **ToonGuy** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:19 am

It looks to me like your motor needs to come way up. Of course the only real way to tell is inspect while under full throttle, but judging by your water line and the fact that you don't have a full center tube I'm guessing it's on the low side. A 150 is a lot of weight, and 3/4 center tube boats are obviously going to sit lower in the rear. The last toon I built with a sport center I had to move the 135 Evinrude up as far as it would go to get it to run in clean water. This is just a guess, but I think your motor may be mounted as low as possible so it will clear your ski tow.

Check the tilt when you get it out, and go from there. If in fact you can come up a few notches on the motor it might not only solve your mooring problem but pick you up some MPG and MPH as well.

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