125 Mercury ELPTO 2-Stroke Tilt Trim

[I'D RATHER B FISHN]

I have a crack in the casing. This is the tilt trim unit where looking at the stern the ram is on the left and the motor and resevoir is on the right. Anyway I decided to put a new tilt trim unit on it to replace the cracked one. Anyone have any idea about what kind of salvage value the old one has? It's in fairly good shape expcept for the hairline crack and rust around the motor housing. The year of the tilt trim unit is the same as the motor, 2004.

Mike

 

[RRitt]

Re: 125 Mercury ELPTO 2-Stroke Tilt Trim

you know, i rebuild a half dozen of these things every week and still can't figure out which part is cracked.
You can't possibly mean that the reservoir was cracked so you bought a whole new trim system? A new motor comes with a new reservoir and only costs $150ish. So let's assume something else is cracked. But what?

If you are trying to maximize profit then fix the system you have and sell it as a working unit. Rebuilt seem to fetch $600ish on ebay but it is almost impossible for a full rebuild to cost more than $350. $350 will rebuild the hydraulics and put a new motor on top of it. There just isn't much else left. So that puts a couple hundred dollars or so in your pocket.

as salvage - personally speaking ...
I get brand new quicksilver pump assy with attached motor for about $160 so I'm not going to pay very much for a broken or used one. I pick up used cylinder assy off ebay and craigslist for $50-$100. It is the same ram that mercury has been using since the analog ages.