I have a 1978 Evinrude 115 that I bought last year. Due to illness I haven't been able to run it in about 6 months. I did get a chance to winterize and everything but the trim seems to be working fine. The trim motor runs fine, but the cyliner that moves the motor up and down is stuck. The unit had a bad leak at one of the connections and I'm sure it drained completely while up for the extra long winter.<br /><br />To make a long story short, a friend is having a birthday party on the lake tomorrow and I need a temporary fix to get out on the water. I have searched this board and found the manual release screw. This let the motor down, but there are two addition cylinders on the sides that the manual realease screw didn't seem to affect. <br /><br />Is there another release for these other two cylinders? (Just to clarify - these are the cylinders that would make the slight adjustments while the boat is in the water - the release screw worked on the cylinder that would put the motor all the way into the trailering position).<br /><br />Also, if I can get the motor down into a running position, is there anything I can do to keep it from coming up and out of the water when I hit reverse?<br /><br />Many thanks in advance for any help!
