Heres an oldie a very early Mercruiser I have nver seen

Bt Doctur

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Hooked up to a small 4 cylinder motor I`m not familiar with , find no mention of this shift system in my manuals
 

Scott Danforth

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early Mercruisers used Renault 4-bangers
 

Bondo

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Ayuh,...... Maybe a Merc. Model-0, with the Renault 4 cylinder,.......

Seems they had shocks, 'n a cable tilt, rather than hyd. rams,...... don't really remember,.....
 

GA_Boater

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The early Mercruisers with the Renault motors used a crank for tilt and had assist shocks like the outboards. I almost bought a boat with this setup. After second thoughts about parts, the novelty wore off;

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Does the motor look something like this?

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