1972 80 Mercury 2 stroke, manual tilt

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72crestliner

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I recently purchased this little boat and motor. It runs fine but is really a bear to manually tilt (no assist). Does any one know if the rams on the side are supposed to help or is there a leverage bar that fits the handles I can acquire. Any advice is appreciated.
 
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Chris1956

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Re: 1972 80 Mercury 2 stroke, manual tilt

Those cylinders hold the motor in the down position so you can decellerate quickly w/o motor poping up. Old oMCs had mechanical locks to do the same job.
 
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72crestliner

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Re: 1972 80 Mercury 2 stroke, manual tilt

Thanks much folks. You answered my questions succinctly and to the point.:p The gym's not a bad idea either. ;)
 
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cherylp

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Re: 1972 80 Mercury 2 stroke, manual tilt

the hooks will not grab the bar to hold my motor down. when put in reverse the hooks should engage but they dont clamp down enough to grab the bar. do you know anything bout this
 
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cherylp

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Re: 1972 80 Mercury 2 stroke, manual tilt

mine wont hook onto the bar whats wrong i dont have manual .
 
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