I just picked up a 1983 50 hp 4 cyl Mercury. I bought it knowing that it didn't run, I checked compression and got 105 in each cylinder, which I thought was decent. He said that he let it sit for two years and that his local marina said that the carbs were probably gummed up from sitting, he didn't want to pay the 120.00 per hour to find the problem or have the carbs cleaned.. I just got it tonight so I havent done anything else at this point. I'm wondering what I should do first? it seems lik cleaning the carbs is the obvious thing, but is there anything else i should check?
Also, it has power tilt and trim- when I was looking at it to buy, we coundn't get the trim to go up, it would only go down after we used the "trailer" button to go up. I got it home and lowered it all the way down with the trim/tilt, I was then able to raise it until it sort of came to a soft stop and appeared to be somewhat level. This is my first oat with tilt/trim so I have no idea how this is supposed to work. Does it not need to tilt up much?
Also, it has power tilt and trim- when I was looking at it to buy, we coundn't get the trim to go up, it would only go down after we used the "trailer" button to go up. I got it home and lowered it all the way down with the trim/tilt, I was then able to raise it until it sort of came to a soft stop and appeared to be somewhat level. This is my first oat with tilt/trim so I have no idea how this is supposed to work. Does it not need to tilt up much?