Mercury 90hp inline 6, carbs rebuilt - still no power under load

[transomstand]

Put it in forward gear

The locks release automatically.

[milner351]

Am I THAT DUMB?

sheesh!

I'll have to try that!

I looked all through the genuine mercury service manual ... didn't find what I was looking for.

I guess that makes sense - don't want it locked down in forward - in case you do hit something you want it to come up!
DUH!

I'm slow - but I catch on eventually - now to come up with some sort of rope / cable set up so I don't have to endanger my lower back every time I want to tilt this thing up and out of the water.

For now it's living on the boat hoist - since we're not getting the old supra out of storage this year (7 month old son has changed some things!)

[transomstand]

The 6 cyl inlines are fairly easy to tilt, because of the heavier powerhead acting as a counter weight, the 4 cyl ones were a pain to tilt.

Can you post some video of you trying to tilt the motor in neutral?

[milner351]

You'll just have to use your imagination for that one..... I do enough to make a fool of myself without recording it!

Although yesterday evening I managed to put the flux core 110 welder atop a 6ft ladder, on the dock, and weld a bracket I'd fabbed to the boathouse frame - without dropping the welder or myself in the water, and without starting anything on fire - and the bracket is darned near level too!

Not bad for an amateur - now to mount the square D rain proof sub panel and get the lights and boat lift wired permanently - finally - the "temporary" electrical hook up has been there for a few years now.