trim the motor down, put a block of wood under the skeg to support the motor(a hoist is preferd, but if you don't have access to one, it can be done this way). When you slide the tilt tube out, have a piece of dowel(broom handle) ready to silde in if anything goes wrong, that way everything doesn't fall apart on you, if it goes good, use the new tilt tube instead of the broom handle, but keep it handy in case it goes haywire, if you have to buy a new tilt tube, go ahead and get a stainless one(aftermarket), they cost the same as a new regular mercury one. The only thing I don't like about the aftermarket one, is they nuts are not nylock, last one I did, after I had everything tight, I staked the threards on the port side just to double make sure it never backed off
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