Motors off now what

[BRIELLY]

I just pulled the motor to do my transom rebuild but ran into a little snag. I built a stand to put it on but unfortunatley the trim and tilt stopped working and the motor was trimmed up quite a bit when i removed it. Because of the angle its sitting at there is no way to get it on the stand. First question- How long can i leave it hanging by the puller on my cherry picker? Is there a way to possibly jump the trim and tilt to get it to work ( i realize this will only work if the solenoids are bad and not the trim motor itself). I guess if all esle fails I'll have to lay it on its side in my garage which will suck because i wanted to work on it while I was doing the transom. Any advice would be appreciated.