Hot wire

[bassman]

2007 V150 2 stroke VMAX. On the lower unit there is a small stainless steel wire strap that goes from the lower unit to the bracket that mounts the tilt and trim unit. Whenever the T&T is in "use" the wire becomes extremely HOT. T&T works fine with it connected or not. Any idea what's causing this?

[boats.net]

You have a bad ground somewhere, check all ground wires on engine.

[most interesting basser]

You have a bad ground somewhere, check all ground wires on engine.

A couple of months ago,i bought the same motor and learning my way sround it,i decided the raising trim speed was slow,but ok.
today i could not raise or lowermotor w/ o doing it manually.
what is the best sconomical path to get this done?
my car mech, buddy took off the motor assembly for me