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Wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem...
The left tab control for my Lenco electric trim tabs quit working recently. The right one still functioned normally. Checked with Beavertail (skiff is a Mosquito) and they fixed another customer's similar problem with a new control pad/module. Unfortunately, they didn't have any in stock, so I went directly to Lenco Marine. Customer service was great and I received a replacement control pad/module under warranty the next day.
Opened up the wiring bundle to the console and disconnected the three snap connectors and cut the auto retract wire (hard wired with a butt splice). Installed new unit and connected all the harnesses. The left tab control now worked and the right one didn't. Checked fuse for power and it was good. Swapped the two smaller wiring harness bundles but that killed all functions. Actuators were working on both sides before and after new control installed. House battery has 13 volts and tightened lug nuts on terminals. Still no go.
Talked to Lenco CS again and since the shipping box was damaged when it arrived, we suspected a damaged control unit. A new one arrived again the next day and I installed it Friday. Still the same reverse gripe--left tab works and right doesn't.
Calling Lenco again Monday for additional suggestions. Thinking next step might be metering the wires from connector plugs to fuse block and actuators to verify power at all points. Still doesn't make sense why the problem swapped sides?
Any ideas from the MS brain trust?
The left tab control for my Lenco electric trim tabs quit working recently. The right one still functioned normally. Checked with Beavertail (skiff is a Mosquito) and they fixed another customer's similar problem with a new control pad/module. Unfortunately, they didn't have any in stock, so I went directly to Lenco Marine. Customer service was great and I received a replacement control pad/module under warranty the next day.
Opened up the wiring bundle to the console and disconnected the three snap connectors and cut the auto retract wire (hard wired with a butt splice). Installed new unit and connected all the harnesses. The left tab control now worked and the right one didn't. Checked fuse for power and it was good. Swapped the two smaller wiring harness bundles but that killed all functions. Actuators were working on both sides before and after new control installed. House battery has 13 volts and tightened lug nuts on terminals. Still no go.
Talked to Lenco CS again and since the shipping box was damaged when it arrived, we suspected a damaged control unit. A new one arrived again the next day and I installed it Friday. Still the same reverse gripe--left tab works and right doesn't.
Calling Lenco again Monday for additional suggestions. Thinking next step might be metering the wires from connector plugs to fuse block and actuators to verify power at all points. Still doesn't make sense why the problem swapped sides?
Any ideas from the MS brain trust?