4hp 2T Mariner outboard - Trim not catching to Arm lock

[onemanorthree]

All, first post so hope I'm giving all corrrect info.
I have a 4HP 2T Mariner outboard with Serial Y-2 6EO-01 100009.

After I changed the impeller the (what I think is a trim arm) is not catching to the arm lock.
Did I put the bottom leg in correectly? All gears work fine, just think catch that use to allow me to trim the engine up doesn't catch now.
Any help very welcome

 

[QBhoy]

Hi. Panic not…I’m almost certain this is because the engine is not attached to anything solid (like a boat). The engine isn’t all the way pushed into the transom bracket assembly there. It will either take a fair bit of force by hand, to slam the bracket hard towards the engine as she is now and free standing…or if she’s on the boat or a solid thing to mount the bracket and clamps onto, you’ll get her further in towards the normal state. That’s all it is. Very hard to get her sitting as she should be when free standing like that there. She is tilted up beyond normal position there. In your video, basically.

 

[onemanorthree]

I've put in on the mount on my boat's spare bracket, and I still have the same sithation. I don't have a decent video of the bracket on the mount (I'll get one later) but here is is on the boat. This is a video I took to ask about the telltail but you can see the bracket a little, and I'm pretty sure it's still not catching.

 

[QBhoy]

I've put in on the mount on my boat's spare bracket, and I still have the same sithation. I don't have a decent video of the bracket on the mount (I'll get one later) but here is is on the boat. This is a video I took to ask about the telltail but you can see the bracket a little, and I'm pretty sure it's still not catching.

It should catch in that position for sure. But definitely not the earlier post video.

 

[onemanorthree]

So, what I can see if, if I move it from side to side, it locks into that holding pin. However, when straight ahead, it doesnt lock in.
You can see there is a curve in the tilt lock plate, which only locks in when
it moves left or right.

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[QBhoy]

So, what I can see if, if I move it from side to side, it locks into that holding pin. However, when straight ahead, it doesnt lock in.
You can see there is a curve in the tilt lock plate, which only locks in when
it moves left or right.

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Hi. It only needs to lock when it’s in reverse.

 

[onemanorthree]

OH, ok, I didn't relasise that, that works perfecty.

 

[QBhoy]

OH, ok, I didn't relasise that, that works perfecty.

Excellent result. Nice one