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Here is what I have learned about the OMC tilt from my 1984 over the years.
It is hard to keep the water out of the tilt gearbox. If enough water gets in, it travels up into the tilt motor and gums it up, and the unit will not tilt. I have been through 4 motors.
1. I found that by putting...