Troubleshooting dead Scotty line puller

[Squire]

I posted the other day about having to haul up my prawn traps by the Muscle Armstrong method when my Scotty line puller didn’t show up for work. It worked fine about 3 days prior but only provided some scratchy hissing sounds similar to passing a terminal end over a battery terminal. This led me to believe the issue is a bad connection, possibly in the switch, but others with this experience may narrow my troubleshooting search?
Or should I just bring it somewhere to have it fixed professionally?
Thanks in advance if you can help speed the process up for me.

 

[tubber]

Do you run it off one of your downrigger plugins? If so try the other side first. Could be boat wiring connections need a check over.

 

[Squire]

Do you run it off one of your downrigger plugins? If so try the other side first. Could be boat wiring connections need a check over.

lol, You sound the the tech you call for tv or internet support who asks you if you’ve tried unplugging it and plugging it back in.

Not trying to bust your balls but what could make you even imagine that I wouldn’t try the other receptacle before I resorted to the hand over hand method?

And just for clarity I was running my downriggers on both sides immediately prior and I had replaced both the receptacles in the boat and the male ends of the downriggers just a couple of weeks ago. Because the line puller plug is original and about 7 years old, I took a file to the prongs and cleaned them up as the first course of action.

The issue has been narrowed down to the line puller, now I need to go from there… ?

I must add a disclaimer to my seemingly testy response; two days ago I spent 2 hrs on the phone late evening with a Telus tech because one Optik TV box had bit the dust. It took the first 45 minutes to convince him that the issue was in their box as I had already tried all of the recommended troubleshooting procedures prior to calling Telus for help and he had me repeat them all. In the next 75 minutes the procedures he had me follow cut off my other two Optik tv boxes and my internet access as well. All while I was leaving in the morning to catch the last day of the winter Chinook season with a wife who was left at home with no tv or internet.

 

[InterMechanico]

Sir…SIR!….I am just here trying to help you. Have you disconnected your box? Good and reconnected? Oh, I see. And the other box is ok? Ok…

 

[Squire]

Sir…SIR!….I am just here trying to help you. Have you disconnected your box? Good and reconnected? Oh, I see. And the other box is ok? Ok…

You’ve been there lol

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

Motor or switch.....can't be anything else, plug er back in? Fuse blow?
I had one fry and took it in, came back with new motor in 2 days

 

[RiverBoy]

lol, You sound the the tech you call for tv or internet support who asks you if you’ve tried unplugging it and plugging it back in.

Not trying to bust your balls but what could make you even imagine that I wouldn’t try the other receptacle before I resorted to the hand over hand method?

And just for clarity I was running my downriggers on both sides immediately prior and I had replaced both the receptacles in the boat and the male ends of the downriggers just a couple of weeks ago. Because the line puller plug is original and about 7 years old, I took a file to the prongs and cleaned them up as the first course of action.

The issue has been narrowed down to the line puller, now I need to go from there… ?

I must add a disclaimer to my seemingly testy response; two days ago I spent 2 hrs on the phone late evening with a Telus tech because one Optik TV box had bit the dust. It took the first 45 minutes to convince him that the issue was in their box as I had already tried all of the recommended troubleshooting procedures prior to calling Telus for help and he had me repeat them all. In the next 75 minutes the procedures he had me follow cut off my other two Optik tv boxes and my internet access as well. All while I was leaving in the morning to catch the last day of the winter Chinook season with a wife who was left at home with no tv or internet.

you still have time to delete this.

buddy offers a suggestion after you chime in on a online forum, and that’s what he gets. wow

 

[chille51]

This may fall into the "of course I tried that" category too, but for what it is worth... I bought a used Scotty puller last fall and at first it did not work at all. Problem ended up being the male plug - broken wires inside it.

I took the whole thing apart though to check out the rest and clean it up, as it was definitely a well used specimen. Its a pretty simple machine so I'm sure some time with a multi-meter can sort out the problem. If it is the motor then I don't think those are that cheap to replace but anything else should be a reasonable fix. The switch has some little bits that need to be in the right place and would be easy to lose so pay attention when you take it apart.