Manual Tilt - Mercury 40 Service Manual

MANUAL TILT

To manually tilt the outboard engine, the owner will
need to back out the manual release valve (p) 3–4
turns. With the valve backed out, the internal pas-
sages inside the manifold are connected together.
These passages connect both the cylinder down and
up cavities together, along with the reservoir, allow-
ing the engine to be raised or lowered. Piston rod (a)
movement will continue until the manual release
valve (p) is closed, locking the fluid inside of the cylin-
der and manifold.
90-852572R1 JANUARY 1998 MID-SECTION - 5D-19