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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    I am going to try to use it this weekend and see how it goes... oping it may clear it's self at this point till I find a new pump
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    ok thanks I will look up that post and from my test I don't belelve I have a collapes line when we crack the line at the pump the pressure gets realsed and drive goes down witch I belelve it tells me it's with the valve in the pump sticking when high pressure
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    oh ok I did not know that I will have to take a look thanks for letting me know this
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    ya I would say it goes up slow at first then it does take off when it gets closer to the top this model of pump does not seem to have a a limit switch it just goes to the max both ways but the pressure only seems to be building on the up not the down and from what I understand the shuttle...
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    good to know thanks for the info it goes up pretty fast I have tired to stop just before and go down we had thought about adding something to stop it from going full up but that also did not work as when it stopped it the pressure went up in the system and would not go down we had to crack the...
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    So still getting stuck when funny up/out we have opened it all up and checked check ball valves and and the shuttle valve in these seem to be impossible to get out to service anyone know a good replacement ?
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    I don’t think this is the rams though as right now everything goes up and down but if I go full up it gets stuck and I have to release the pressure at the hose on the ram it will go down a bit then work till I put it all the way up again ?
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    they show on there website none available :(
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    Hummm ok I am up at the boat now and I cracked the lines and the lower end goes down and I can go 1/2 way back up and back down and if I go to the top it seems to stick and does not went to go done unless I crack the lines any ideas ? Just don’t want to start buying parts I don’t even know what...
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    so there is no pressure release valve ? My pump is mounted to the transom plate
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    thanks for the tips I will look in to that UV dyes we had disconnected all the lines to purge the system of any old fluid and to try to get rid of the air and I moved the rams up and down no issues they moved freely I tired last night to force the drive down pushing down on it. I heard the...
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    1975 Mercruiser Tilt/trim issue

    Hi so end of last season my tilt / trim system was pretty much out of fluid I seem to have a leak I can't find it seems to be in the boat not outside as I don't see any oil in the water but this year we failed up the system and we can get it to go up but not down we have tired to purge the...
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    1975 165 hp mercruiser tilt\trim won't go down

    I had all most run in to some rocks on the weekend but I had turned off motor and put drive up but we had bumped in to the rocks and one of my tilt cylinders broke off. sucked in a bit of water but drained got used cylinder now outdirve will go up with out an issue but down won't go down with...
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    shift adjustment

    I have been dealing with my boat and some shifting issues and I have checked the play in the cable and it seems to be in specification and I have gone though a bunch of shifting videos but I am not understanding one thing with the boat out of the water and I move the shiftier to forward or...
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    1975 crestliner high idle reverse

    Hello I have a 1975 inline 6 mercury engine and outdrive when I go forward it goes in to gear nicely but when going in to reverse it seems to idle up and because of that it goes hard in to reverse Looking for what adjustments I should look at for the problem. thanks for your time.
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