I'm hoping I found and fixed the problem, thanks to Bob Dimond's
advice...the lift motor was a little loose in it's attachement to the
bearing housing, so I simply tightened it. I'm hoping that there was
just enough play before I tightened that the motor was not always
making the worm screw turn as it should.

Bob

In article . com,
Mark Brotcke wrote:
:I had a Volvo 275 outdrive For 5 years. There are not Hydraulics. It is a
:Electric lift. When mine would not lift I had to remove engine cover and
:bang on the electric motor (should be located in back right top side of
:engine) the price of a new or rebuilt motor was to high so I lived the
:inconvencae of my outdrive not raising now and then!
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:"Bob D." wrote in message
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: Bob,
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: First I need to qualify my remarks:
:
: Since getting information on Volvos is about as easy as teaching a dog to
: do your taxes, so I can not say with 100% certainty I am correct.
:
: I do believe my 275 outdrive does not use any hydraulics. I think the 275
: uses a an electric motor directly to turn a gear which raises and lowers
: the outdrive. The 270 may use the same type of system.
:
: In any case, I was having the exact same problem as you on my boat. I
: could not raise the outdrive, but heard the trim motor whirling away. The
: problem turned out to be the trim motor was loose at the transom plate.
: The motor is held in to mesh with a gear by two screws. After I detected
: the problem I tightened the screws up and the problem subsided. It was
: impossible getting a screwdriver in to torque the screws down so they
: would loosen every so often. Finally I put a little RTV on the threads
: and the problem has not reared it's uglg head since.
:
: Send me an email to let me know if this works for you!
:
: Bob Dimond
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