Need some help please

This might be in the wrong place, but here we go. My son has a 2002 Mercury XR6 150 that won't start and the trim does not work. I found a wiring diagram and have the problem isolated to a fuse, which shows to be located around the motor. Problem is I can not find the fuse. Does anyone know where it is located? I don't want to start pulling things off the motor to try to find it and it not be there. Any help will be much appreciated.

It may not look like a traditional fuse. Look for something similar to this.

Longshot here. My 2001 Mercury EFI literally has a blade fuse stuck into the engine on the right side. You have to take the cowling off to get to it.

my 95 200 xri has an auto type fuse under the cowling, passenger side of block about the middle on mine.

sounds like the problem, happened to me on texoma and had to be towed in but had a johnson on back then. 25c fuse and runnin again.