Recent content by murphy300

I've attached a picture of the "manual release" as Yamaha calls it. I had to use a very large screw driver and a lot of force to get the screw out in the first place. When trying to reinstall I had to use the same screwdriver and a lot of force just to get the threads to engage at all. Then...

If that manual release screw is completely removed, is there a trick to getting it back into the opening?? I have put hydraulic fluid on the o-rings to help them along, but after 3/4 of a turn after the threads start to mesh the screw stops, solidly. The manual release itself tapers down along...

I had a 4x4 handy for blocking, plus the trailering locks once the engine was 100% up. The downside of removing the screw all the way is there is now a lot of air in the system. But the engine was not moving otherwise.

Success!! For anyone else reading this, the screw hits a "stop" after several counter clockwise turns, which is a retaining ring like you'd find on a universal joint on your car's driveshaft. Not hard to remove, we'll see how it is to reinstall. The screw has o rings on it so once it was...

I will try that right now.

I have a 2000 Grady 247 Advance with twin 150 HPDIs. The port tilt/trim motor runs but will not raise the engine, so I suspect the hydraulic fluid is low. I turned the hydraulic relief screw counter clockwise and the engine settled down a few more inches, so hydraulic pressure should be...