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  1. Carl Wonderful

    1973 Mercury 4hp, in REVERSE propels itself out of water

    Cool. Gotcha. Its freshwater. Appreciate the help by the way!
  2. Carl Wonderful

    1973 Mercury 4hp, in REVERSE propels itself out of water

    Cool. Just ordered the pin and the spring just in case. Curious... if this doesn't fix it...whats my next course of action?
  3. Carl Wonderful

    1973 Mercury 4hp, in REVERSE propels itself out of water

    Okay so I need the pin and the spring... any other parts you guys think I need?
  4. Carl Wonderful

    1973 Mercury 4hp, in REVERSE propels itself out of water

    NIce. Hopefully that does it. Do I need the spring and any other parts to go along with it?
  5. Carl Wonderful

    1973 Mercury 4hp, in REVERSE propels itself out of water

    So the tilt pin is a metal rod that looks sort of like a long alan-wrench? I don't think mine has that pin. Do they fall out or are there reasons why the PO would have taken it out? Also any idea where I can find one?
  6. Carl Wonderful

    1973 Mercury 4hp, in REVERSE propels itself out of water

    Hello. thanks for the response. I really don't know what a tilt pin is....? Is it listed on the diagram I attached? Are you saying those years were problematic for this particular issue?
  7. Carl Wonderful

    1973 Mercury 4hp, in REVERSE propels itself out of water

    This is a diagram I found that I'm 99% sure is my 73 merc.
  8. Carl Wonderful

    1973 Mercury 4hp, in REVERSE propels itself out of water

    1973 Mercury (Marine 40) 4 HP, 2 stroke, jumps out of water in reverse. at the lowest speed, I can sort of hold it down with one hand if I stiff arm it, lol... but any throttle at all and its out of the water and isn't really even functioning at that point. I think there is some sort of lock...
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