Hey all from over the ocean in Australia!<br /><br />I have recently bought a used 16 foot runabout with a 1974 mercury 1150 blueband. Recently i have rebuilt the transom of the boat so I naturally had to remove the motor to do so.<br /><br />When it came time to reinstall the motor, i made the silly mistake of over-tightening 1 of the four hydraulic lines on the trim pump. The ended up stripping the thread. <br /><br />So now i am left with a trim pump with an internal stripped thread and need to derive a solution. Apparently the threads are an uncommon mercury one so i doubt a helicoil is an option. Also I doubt finding a used one is much of a possibility and i doubt new replacement parts are available. does anyone have any suggestions?<br /><br />Thanks
