balamb0776
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- Apr 26, 2011
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Hello everyone. I am new to this forum as i cannot find anyone locally to help me with my outboard problem. I am only 19 years old so bear with me. I am somewhat mechanically smart but not a professional. Anyways on with the problem. I have a 1973 johnson 65hp powershift 2. Recently it was working fine. Then i bought a new boat and moved the motor over to the new boat. Hooked it all up and what do you know it won't do anything when i turned the key. Wouldn't even click. Well i opened up the control and found out that a little white button needed to be pushed in, in order for the motor to start so i fixed that and it now turns on. Now to my main issue. When it is on the throttle lever won't shift into reverse. It starts in forward and when it's suppose to be in neutral ( in the center) it's in reverse. For example the lever shift 90 degrees back and 90 degrees forward. Mine only goes 90 degrees forward and in those 90 degrees is reverse and forward it's hard to tell if's it's actually in neutral. The prop spins extremely slow when it's in the center of those 90 degrees. If anyone can help me out with this i'd really appreciate it. A mechanic told me it would cost close to 1000$ to fix but i don't really think it's necessary. Also when i try to shift the lever into reverse it's stuck like it' won't move even with the motor on which i know has to be. It just won't budge.