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Found a cowling for the Mercury. Going to get it Saturday and visit Family, that lives close.

Destroyer, i could not find anything on the bracket that has wires except for the tilt/trim motor.
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Found a cowling for the Mercury. Going to get it Saturday and visit Family, that lives close.

Destroyer, i could not find anything on the bracket that has wires except for the tilt/trim motor.
Look at the shaft end of the main hydraulic cylinder. It's like a cap on the outboard end of the pivot. I'll upload a few pics tomorrow.. Can't find my adaptor to insert the SD card into this comp, so will have to wait till I get to work tomorrow to upload it.
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jason, look at the pin that holds top of the ram to the engine bracket on the port side. if it has a slot, you are missing the sending unit. if it is covered by a black cap, thats the sending unit.

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i need to read , then post.

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Thanks Phat and Destroyer. I tilted the engine again and sure enough i found two studs on the end of the shaft for the tilt pivot. No sender, i will have to add that to the list too.
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Thanks Phat and Destroyer. I tilted the engine again and sure enough i found two studs on the end of the shaft for the tilt pivot. No sender there, i will have to add that to the list too.
Glad you found it :) The good news is that the unit is cheap and it's not model specific. The same unit is used on a variety of Mercury engines. I accidently broke mine while removing my engine from my Cruisers, Inc boat before scraping it a few weeks back. I got a used one off eBay for less than $20 and there were several listed... just do a search on eBay for a Mercury tilt switch. I'll post a pic of what the unit looks like off the engine tomorrow morning.

Phat, nothing to apologise about.. I have no pride of ownership...the trick is to help out a fellow boater.. Two heads are always better than one.
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Phat, nothing to apologise about.. I have no pride of ownership...the trick is to help out a fellow boater.. Two heads are always better than one.
I need all the help i can get, considering i am a Mercury virgin.
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I need all the help i can get, considering i am a Mercury virgin.
They are great engines... i know that there's a lot of ppl that swear by Yammies and other's that like OMC's...but for my money Mercs are the best..And the coffin cowl 2.5's are the best of the best.. (but that's just me)
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