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Jack plate got stuck in the up position this morning. Need to get looked. Where to go?
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If it's a Bob's try swapping the relays - If it goes down, the skinny is that it's a Mercury relay.

or carry it to:

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What chalk said, or the switch could be bad on one side.
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Dont't worry that the best place for it.
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snatch-n-reel wrote:Dont't worry that the best place for it.
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If it's not the switch, there is a bleed valve on the bottom of the ram..
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i've been on a 22' boat with the jack plate all the way up and it ran in places that the taylorboat would not run.
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snatch-n-reel wrote:i've been on a 22' boat with the jack plate all the way up and it ran in places that the taylorboat would not run.
I heard he couldn't run with the plate all the way up.
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The Taylor boat would not want to run in most of those places.
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update,
took the boat to Parkway at lunch. They told me that they would check it and give me a call at 12:45. They called at 4:36 all done. Wasn't expecting to hear from them until tomorrow or Wednesday. Thanks
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Why didn't they call at 12:45?
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Good folks. :thumbup:
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Jumptrout51 wrote:Why didn't they call at 12:45?
b/c that's when I dropped it off. Couldn't ask for quicker service. Plus saved time and gas, not having to drive to the coast as I would usually do.
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