fishotherapy Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 On my 93 bonefisher I have replaced Bennett HPU once and I Bennett sent me the pump, so shout out to them. Now around 15 years later tabs are not responding and troubleshooting the system, seems I need to replace HPU. My question is has anyone tried the Bennett conversion to electric trim tabs? Would use same switch , but on the older Lapps, there were 2 8 pole switches and I believe less wires on the electric. pros, cons, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyBottomBluz Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 There have been a few, not on a Hewes that I know of but it is still the same. I believe Wannaflatsfish put them on his Maverick so I am sure he will chime in, but from what I heard was is that it is a straight forward install, same mounting holes etc. I hear nothing but good things about the Bolt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lap it Up Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 9 hours ago, fishotherapy said: On my 93 bonefisher I have replaced Bennett HPU once and I Bennett sent me the pump, so shout out to them. Now around 15 years later tabs are not responding and troubleshooting the system, seems I need to replace HPU. My question is has anyone tried the Bennett conversion to electric trim tabs? Would use same switch , but on the older Lapps, there were 2 8 pole switches and I believe less wires on the electric. pros, cons, any ideas? I replaced hydraulic bennetts with bennett bolts on my 21MA. I used the same bennett harness. Very easy install. The only wiring that needs to be done is to give the electrical control box power. Everything else should plug and play (Assuming your harness isn't all chopped up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polliwog Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 My 1997 20ft LT is still on it's original Bennets, great product,I don't want to jinx it so I will just say great Co and product. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 On 9/10/2020 at 10:29 PM, fishotherapy said: On my 93 bonefisher I have replaced Bennett HPU once and I Bennett sent me the pump, so shout out to them. Now around 15 years later tabs are not responding and troubleshooting the system, seems I need to replace HPU. My question is has anyone tried the Bennett conversion to electric trim tabs? Would use same switch , but on the older Lapps, there were 2 8 pole switches and I believe less wires on the electric. pros, cons, any ideas? Muddy...thanks for the shout out....Yes, I changed it out on my MA17 1995. it's plug and play, for the most part, you just need to be sure you pay attention to how the wiring is set on the switch. It's a very easy conversion....the tabs are very large and fast....so, be careful when adjusting at high speed, it can throw you off balance. I noticed all it takes is a tap and it moves. there are You tube videos to help and you can call bennett and they are great on the phone....yes, you can see it took me a bit to get working properly.....I wired it in correctly the first time.... dc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toeknee217 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 I switched my original hydraulic bennetts to the Bennett bolts on my 1990 Redfisher and they're awesome. I bought the kit which made it all plug and play. I had to buy the euro switch that was specifically for the electric tabs not hydraulic. In my instance though, the original Bennett hydraulic tabs did not have the same mounting holes as the new Bennett ones so I had to re-drill new holes on transom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
93bonefisher Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 I Installed the Bennett electric system on my 1993 bonefisher 16 and mounted the new switch in place of the old ones. New actuators bolted right up to the old tabs. Works great and fast! Nice having the led indicators too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishotherapy Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Decided to keep standard hydraulic Bennett’s. The HPU checked out ok, so I thought problem was in switch, so got new wiring and rocker switch, BUT nothing and pump or solonoid neither seemed to click. Any ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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