97 2150 taps questions

[Ruger761]

Should idle 600-750 rpm. Good luck let us know if you have any other questions.

[Chads972150]

Should idle 600-750 rpm. Good luck let us know if you have any other questions.

thank you for that!!! ill have to turn on a few screws and see what we cant get it idling at i know thats what i set most my cars at just wasnt sure if thats what my boat should be at!! yall have all been such a big help to me already i cant thank you enough!!!

[Chads972150]

Ok everyone found the problem I have no pump it just up and left on me lol so gonna look around and see where I can get one cheap but thank you all for your help!!!

[TeamAllen]

Wow, sorry to hear that, good luck with the search. Keep us updated.

[Chads972150]

yea the guy said it needed a new one when i bought it he just didnt tell me it didnt have one at all! but thank you i found one at tactical wholesales for 215 incase anyone else needs on thats the cheapest ive found so far that im going to try to order in the next few weeks but in the mean time im going to restore my poor neglected swim platform and ill do a write up and post pictures when its all said and done see if i cant return some of the help all of yall have givin me to the next person!

[bordo380]

My TAPS got stuck in the up position today. I am about to start digging around to see if the fluid is low. Glad I saw this post. I have a 98, pre2200i so I assume it's the same system.
Hope you figured yours out Chad.


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[Chads972150]

from what i gather the cover should be standing straight up and down mine isnt mounted so ill have to figure that out but its mounted to the floor behind the observers seat on the right side almost straight down from the opening im still waiting to get a pump to fix mine but mines in the up position and hasnt really effected me any so im not in a real big rush to fix it and i got put on manditory over time so no lake time for me in the very near future

[bordo380]

I found mine and its in front of the driver seat in the side wall cubby. It had plenty of fluid but I still added more to get it up to the line. I hot wired it right at the pump and it ran in both directions but with no movement from the plate. I have 2 actuators so I'm not sure how to figure out which one is bad. Also I bet I burned up a relay...?

I need the taps to get my nose down since I'm trying to surf. I've added ballast to the rear so I'm getting a lot of cavitation from the prop.

Good times.


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[Ruger761]

when your testing it straight from the battery you have to apply power to the the bigger green wire as well, if not it wont move.

[bordo380]

Thanks Ruger761! I'm going to try that tonight. I owe ya. Too bad it's one of the hottest days of the year. Whew.



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[Chads972150]

well i should be getting my pump saturday but be prepared there will be more questions coming as i thought i found the hoses that go back to the plate well turns out that wasnt them, turns out mine have been burnt by the exhuast so im going to have to run more and will probably need a little help with that one where they should be routed when i get to that

[Ruger761]

This is a wiring diagram for our year boats far as the relays go. I made it when my brothers (2001 20i) taps control box died and he didnt want to order the new one.

taps rewire.jpg

[bordo380]

97 2150 taps questions

Rugar761 you were right. I got the plate moving and at least now the plate and needle is in middle position. Thanks a ton!
Hopefully this will help my cavitation issues until I can get new relays. Now to look for relays. I guess I should start with Bennett?

I googled other options and came up with this. http://www.alliedelec.com/te-connect...FcyP7QodfEECqA

Anyone else go this route?

By the way I'm a design engineer too-I do Aero out of DFW.


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[Ruger761]

you can get our simple relays at any auto store, which is what makes the older TAPs sytems easy to work on. If it turns out its not your relays (which for $5 I would start there) its the wire running to your control handle. The wires are very small and can break in the control handle. Kinda a pain to change out,which is why I would start with the relay.


http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...0381&ppt=C0169

Nice! Im a design engineer for Oil and Gas. Wife is a structures engineer for American Airlines. Were out of Tulsa.

What ballast have you been running on your boat to surf?

[bordo380]

Cool thanks. I took off the handle on top of the throttle and tried to inspect it. Looks like a pain.
The link didn't work. And part number avail?

I haven't got it dialled in at all. I just have a 200-300 bag behind the back seat in the locker that the previous owner gave me. It's on the surf side. I usually have a friend with me that weighs 300lbs as well on that side as well. That plus about 4 others looks to be a decent surf wave but the wave wasn't very clean. Hopefully the taps will help. I have another fat sac I might place somewhere.


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