Whitespinnerbait Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) So with several posts lately asking about electrical issues concerning Minnkota trolling motors I recently had some issues myself,, every now and then I had to hit the top of the motor to get the prop to turn ,left and right directions would always work fine . So with them being on different circuits i decided to remove the cover at the top of the shaft ...heres what i found wrong In behind the cover there is an spaded terminal connection , seems the connections had gotten hot on several occasions and melted the ends of the wires / termianls causing a poor contact between the two . I removed the spaded connectors and stripped back the wires cleaned ad solder the tips of them then used heat shrinkable union connectors . This time i tucked the wires back under the cover and kept them seperated ..Originally they come tight together and when they got hot they melted together... Now I can it full speed through the Slop and won't have to worry about the wires getting hot... Edited September 3, 2009 by Whitespinnerbait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfish1965 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 You should email Minnkota this thread...seems to be a simple solution to what must be a common problem. Good stuff! Awesome macro pics, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjsa Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Man, those terminations are ugly, especially the first two pics. The third was probably OK, but it suffered from the others. I would say that was definatly the problem. As for the fix, great job. My one thought though is that those spade lugs were there for a reason, to take the motor apart for another fix. A bit of a problem now. Or, can you still disconnect them? Not clear in the photos(to me)if they still come apart or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbo Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 http://www.fishingandboats.com/trolling-motors.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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