Quick silver

roffey

roffey

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I have a red button on the dash of my boat. It reads Quick silver with a plastic bulb and a red push button. Anyone know what this is?​
 
so after working at putting the out drive back on using a little water proof duct tape I think I have it fixed... but still wonder why they have a out drive ejector button...
 
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quicksilver is mercury's parts company.... IE usually when the merc manual suggests a product it is always branded quicksilver.

The "plastic bulb" kinda makes it sound to me like a circuit breaker... PICS would help ......as always.
 
Sounds almost like the trailering button to me from the description. The trim and tilt switch in the binnacle is supposed to be limited by the trim limit switch on the outdrive so that you don't accidentally trim the outdrive to high while underway(but the trim limit switch burns out OFTEN, so most are bypassed). So they put a seperate button on the dash to allow you to trim the outdrive the rest of the way up.
 
reelapeelin said:
Agreed...pics always help answer questions...
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I did a little looking around on the internet. Quicksilver brings up a lot. I will be out at the boat on Friday and snap a pic and post it. I can even show you the mess I think I have taken on...
 
THEFERMANATOR said:
Sounds almost like the trailering button to me from the description. The trim and tilt switch in the binnacle is supposed to be limited by the trim limit switch on the outdrive so that you don't accidentally trim the outdrive to high while underway(but the trim limit switch burns out OFTEN, so most are bypassed). So they put a seperate button on the dash to allow you to trim the outdrive the rest of the way up.
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I think you may be right, I am unable to put the outdrive down. It sounds like it is going down but the drive does not move... I'll give that a try, I bet if I hold the button and press the down... things may happen.
 
roffey said:
I think you may be right, I am unable to put the outdrive down. It sounds like it is going down but the drive does not move... I'll give that a try, I bet if I hold the button and press the down... things may happen.
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That's not how the system works. The down button should always put the drive down. You may have a stuck ram on yours if the motor is running and it isn't going down.
 
THEFERMANATOR said:
That's not how the system works. The down button should always put the drive down. You may have a stuck ram on yours if the motor is running and it isn't going down.
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If I push the down button I hear the hydraulics motor run but the outdrive does not go down. I will be out to the boat on Friday and take some pictures. I have the boat at a mechanic who has a I/O and is good with this sort of stuff.

I'll post back on Friday or Saturday, thanks for all the input so far.
 
Had a 1984 model Merc tower of power on a boat and it had a "trailer" button on it...but it said "trailer" on it...and when you pushed it, the motor tilted all the way up.
 
randlemanboater said:
Had a 1984 model Merc tower of power on a boat and it had a "trailer" button on it...but it said "trailer" on it...and when you pushed it, the motor tilted all the way up.
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I see what you mean now, the trailer button put the motor up.. I'm a little slow today. I have been working nights and am a little sleep deprived. I thought you guys were saying the button stopped the drive from going down when on the trailer. I'll check the rams a little closer and check it out.
I'll take some pictures of the dash and motor. I seem to have the normal trim buttons up up and down, then I have the buttons for the trim tabs and then a little joy stick that looks to be from the trim as well..​
 
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