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Originally Posted by meathauler
 I dont mean to start a huge debate, but I was wondering what other people that fish alots opinion is . My 36 volt 101 minn-kota trolling motor is on the outs. It is 6 yers old and will cost about $250 to repair ribbon. I'm thinkin of just buying a new one. What is the pros and cons of the minn kotta vs the motor guide 36 volt and what u would do. The motor has average use. |
The control board burned up on my TM last year. I took the cover off and found the part number.
I made a couple of phone calls to get price of a new control board. Was ~ $ 125 for the part for my 55 # Rip Tide.
I looked on the net and found the part for a little under $ 100. This TM control board also comes with the "ribbon" wire connected to the handle.
Other control boards that I saw sold for $ 60 to $ 90 so mine cost more that most that I saw while looking for mine.
To replace.....you just have to take the cover off.....make a drawing of all the wires [so you can put it back together....might need to lable wire with some tap]. Then you just take the wires off the old control board, remove the control board [the handle slips off] and then reverse the process to install the new board. This took me maybe 2 hours because I worked slow.
If yours is just the "ribbon"....maybe it is build a little different. Take the cover off, and look at it.