Re: MJ any snow yet?
I'm going from memory here, so don't hold me to it, but...
You don;t have to remove the steering cable. *Back the nut off, loosen the other nut on the steering tube while your there.
Undo the mounting bolts throught the transom.
Remove the 2 ? bolts going through the starboard mount bracket into the T & T unit. *
Now, the mounting bracket should rotate up out of the way. *You can remove the outter nut on the tilt tube and then the motor bracket comes right off. *Edit here: May not come off, may slide down the steering cable and rotate up out of the way. I seem to recall getting the advice of placing a block of wood under that side of the tilt tube to help support the weight.
At this point you'll have access to all that you need. *I do remember that it wasn't a difficult job at all. *I picked up a used T&T unit for under $200 and just swapped the whole thing out. *I had some questionalble hydraulics that would let the motor fall over time. *As the problem progressed it would lose trim while running.
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