Bad Luck!!!!!

[FL_fisher]

Today I was outside trying to see what was wrong with my reel when I heard a fast thumping noise.I looked up and saw that it was my trolling motor. It somehow turned on and the prop was hitting the boat . After a few seconds the prop stoped but the trolling motor was still running (the prop strepped) . So I turned the trolling motor off the let it in the water and the foot had smoke coming off of it when it hit the water.After it cooled down I put a new prop of it and went for a troll to see if the trolling motor still worked .The good news is that it still worked but the bad news is that 1st gear feels like 3rd and 2nd also feels like 3rd and 3rd feels like 4th and 4th and 5th feels like 5th.What do you think the problem is? I dont see why the swich would make the gears feel different but maybe.

[FL_fisher]

I just took the top apart and I am 100% sure that it is something in the foot. :'( Now Im going to take the foot apart and see if i can find the problem.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

I don't know man, sounds like tyhe switch may have melted causing  a link between the first gear (or "contact" in the switch) to melt and become 1 with the 3rd. causing 2nd to be 3rd etc down the line.

[FL_fisher]

I know its not the switch. I took the switch off of my other trolling motor and put on the trolling motor that is messed up and it did the same thing. I took the foot apart and the wires looked good. so i will just take another look at it later.

[FL_fisher]

I took the foot apart and found nothing .

Then I put it back together and now 1 and 2 gear dont work at all  1 gear in rev dont work and the trolling motor goes backwards in forward and so on. Does anyone know why it would be doing that? Its not hooked up wrong at the switch or the battery so I dont know.

[Mo_Tick]

it sounds pretty simple to me, it got hot, and the smell you had was from the switch burning up inside (the speed control). and it shorting out all over.

i would replace the board, and go on.

[Gatorbassman]

Take it in and get it looked at.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

the switches are like $18-$23ish.  Cheap

[FL_fisher]

Its not the switch I used the one from my good tm and it still didnt work. when you take the foot apart all the way in the back there is the wires that come from the top. Two of them go under some stuff that is like hard gell I think the problem might be under that. I also no it is not the armature because I put the two wires together that goes to the armature and when I turn the tm on 1 or 2 nothing happens. When I turn it on 3 4 or 5 it sparks. Any ideas of what it might be?Any body know what is under that gell stuff . The only way you can see what is under it is to pick the gell out and if you do that there is no way you can put the gell back . :-/

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Time to bring to a repair location.

DON'T PULL OUT THE GEL!!!

That's a solid state seal.  Do not remove.

[Mo_Tick]

this is what i did on advice from a trolling motor dude.

take the CAP OFF the motor, there are several wires in there, take the red and Black wire apart and connect them directly to the battery, this will show the Motor is good. re0connect.

take a Jumper wire to the Foot switch( the one you push to move) jump the two together, if the Motor runs the switch is good.

now take the Power supply Cable (HOT) and touch each of the Connections on the Board that controls speed settings. each should run the motor at its respective speed. if not Board not working.

if all that is Fine, then start testing contunity in wires, get a Volt meter set it to Ohms and be sure wires are all good.

if thats all fine, take it on so they can do the same thing, or throw it in a stream bank you are having problems with falling in, and get a new one.

My .02