On my 1965 65 hp Merc the throttle has to be engaged forward (in gear) to get it
to move up. There's some sort of locking mechanism that releases when the
throttle is in the forward position.

Good Luck!
Jim


~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert wrote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I need some ideas as to how to raise an old 150 suzuki(heavy darn
thing)...I opened the manual knob but it has been on the boat so
long it is froze---I tried using a jack to get it to move---nope...