Help manually lowering the motor

jamesbalog · #1 04-10-2016, 12:55 PM

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 · #2 04-10-2016, 01:02 PM

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 · #3 04-10-2016, 01:11 PM

Yes it has the separate pump

jamesbalog · #4 04-10-2016, 05:07 PM

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

phatdaddy · #5 04-10-2016, 05:53 PM

Good news, problem might be in switch then.

THEFERMANATOR · #6 04-10-2016, 08:23 PM

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.