Help manually lowering the motor

[jamesbalog]

I have a 1981 merc 200hp. The trim/tilt relay must have went bad. The motor will trim up but nothing happens when I try to lower it. Question is how do I manually drop the motor to the vertical position? I don't see a screw on the right side of the bracket like newer motors have.

It will drop below freezing tonight so any help would be greatly appreciated

[phatdaddy]

Does that have the seperate trim pump mounted inside the splash well/transom? Sometimes you can swap the working relay for the non-working relay

[jamesbalog]

Yes it has the separate pump

[jamesbalog]

I got it to go down, switched the wires on the pump itself and the up button brought the motor down.

[phatdaddy]

Good news, problem might be in switch then.

[THEFERMANATOR]

For future reference, on that style crack the 2 lines loose, and down she will go. I'm not aware of a release on them as all you have to do is open the lines.