mercury 40 tilt assist

[fishfighter]

not a merc but i did have the same issue on a 40 evinrude, drilled out the bleeder so that it would move freely, the tilt assist still needs to be there to keep your motor from tilting to far in to your transome, and with it moving freely it wasn't that hard to pull up and if you hit something the motor would just bounce up, of course you won't be pulling it up while it is in gear, and you will loose almost all of your reverse power, find you a cmc jack plate, having trim sure is nice even on the smaller motors