Old CMC pl-65 jack plate questions

[seef158]

My boat has an old cmc jack plate with the motor/reservoir mounted outside of the port rail of the jack plate. The motor is completely shot, all corroded and falling apart. I cant find anyone that carries a replacement so far, does anyone have any ideas? Is there a way to make this into a manual adjusting jackplate? Thanks!

[sharpeye Mike]

They are still available, I just bought one from a small electric motor repair shop here in Canada. He went through his catalog and found one. I will see if I can find my receipt and give the part number later on today.

[perfmarine1]

Check with CMC, I got one from one of there suppliers a while back.

[TEXAS20225]

i have one that had the same trouble i replaced it with a inside the boat Merc trim pump works so much better and it not under water

[checkmate45]

i have one that had the same trouble i replaced it with a inside the boat Merc trim pump works so much better and it not under water

I was hoping someone mention that the merc one would be okay. Mine was missing the bracket for the pump off the side of the jackplate, and have a merc one so thats perfect

[coffeeguy]

I fixed one also with a merc pump inside the boat ,with a local hydraulic shop making me new lines.

[seef158]

Are you guys using an outboard merc pump or maybe something for an I/O might work?

[seef158]

Anyone? What kind of a pump should I look for to mount inside the boat?

[rgsauger]

You can go used and use a Merc i/o or a volvo i/o trim pump. If going new, then cheapest solution is to buy a Bob's Machine pump.

[seef158]

Thanks to all for the help, always appreciated!

[panther150]

you can use power trim lines as well. I have the same thing with the Merc trim pump inside the boat, you will also find the plate cycles faster with this setup.

[TEXAS20225]

jack plate hose has different fittings adapters all available from any hydraulic shop , i have several in the boat pumps from trim units they work well and cheap

[panther150]

I used trim lines on mine . I agree that a hydraulic shop is a great choice though.

[seef158]

Thanks again guys for the info!

[seef158]

I picked up a used trim pump from a bravo outdrive. Are you guys using the merc solenoid set up or should I use the old solenoids/wiring from the jack plate? Any info on how to wire this thing up would be appreciated. The guy I got the pump from had no idea how it had been wired.... Thanks guys.