MotorGuide Quit Working...Need Help!

[WilliamD]

Hello,

I have a MotorGuide TR-82 Tour variable speed trolling motor not sure of the year. Today out on the water she quit working.

I replaced the micro-switch in the foot pedal last week and that got her back up and running.

Today, I got shallow and into a brush pile. I used the pull rope to raise the trolling motor up to the surface of the water and gave some power to the trolling motor to goose the boat around the limbs in the water. Right when I was finished the trolling motor stopped working.

At first I thought it was the breakers. I checked them and they were not set off but I reset the just to make sure, and she still didn't work.

Is there something I could have messed up on the trolling motor? Or something to check or reset?

I just went out with my voltmeter and checked some things out.

I charged my trolling batteries back up and went to the trolling motor pedal to get some readings. At the pedal where the power goes to it I am getting 25.52 volts with my fresh charged batteries.

At the micro switch (button I push with my foot to make the trolling motor turn on) I was getting .261 volts. When I pushed the button I got 00.000 volts.

Does this mean the new switch I just installed is bad? I would think when I push the switch I should be getting more than 00.000 volts.

Thanks for your help in advance.

William

[Wayne P.]

Does the motor run when you set the switch at the front of the pedal to "Continuous On"? Does it run on the "High Bypass" setting with the micro switch pushed?

[WilliamD]

No it does not.

[TopDog]

Call here and ask for Barry. He is a trolling motor Guru.

Tell him your from VA and he will help you out over the phone. If there is something wrong with a TM he has seen it...guaranteed.

(508) 616-7977

[WilliamD]

Well, I ended up taking my TM into the shop.  It ended up being the circuit card going bad.  It's being replaced right now and will be ready to hit the water in the am!!!!

Thanks to all who helped!

William