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Ok, so my trim motor arrived. After some trouble getting the boat out of the water (ill spare you the details) To get at the back bolts I loosened the bolts holding the middle part of the transom clamp to allow it to pivot some. Then I made an attempt to change the trim motor. I had some trouble lining up the pin on the new motor with the grooves on base. I think I eventually got it but I’m not sure. The screws did finally line up. We lost some fluid in the process. I hooked up the electrical and gave it a go. The motor came on but the rams did not move. So the possibilities are: 1) I did not infact get it lined up or 2) we lost so much fluid that we need to ad more before it will move. Also Don you mention using Dexron II tranny fluid. I have some hydraulic jack oil (ISO AW32) would that work or should I stick with the tranny oil.