First message here, quite intimidating, I hope I'm doing it right...
Quick presentation: me, Nicolas, french man living in Sweden (please excuse my bad English or the lack of understanding of slang or cultural references). Complete newbie in boating and mechanics.:facepalm: I will therefore explain with my simple wording what I see and understand. I've also made a search on the forum regarding the issue I have, but haven't found any satisfactory answer.
We bought, last year, a nice 17 feet cabin boat, make Marina M17 (made in UK, according to the plate), and to give it a bit of move, I got a 1975 Johnson 40hp, model 40e75-c.
Everything works alright, I fixed the electrics, the motor starts with muffs, no problem rev (even if I don't try to high on land).
Now comes the sole left issue: the gearbox seems to be... crazy! It's a basic FNR, with a Teleflex system that seems to work.
The propeller goes Forward and Reverse, no problem at all, but the Neutral is super hard to get. Directly on the motor, with the lever (not using the remote controls), I have to go reverse, forward and back to neutral to have the actual neutral.
Being a motorcyclist, I'm pretty used to "try to find the bloody neutral", but that thing with the boat is a bit too much in my opinion.
I guess, for experts like you (I've read through many topics here), it's a piece of cake, and easy-fix, but I can't find my way around it. I don't know what to look for, how it is supposed to look, I have no idea where this failure might be coming from! Neutral safety switch? Adjust gearbox?
I'd be very grateful of any form of help you could give!
Thanks for reading
Quick presentation: me, Nicolas, french man living in Sweden (please excuse my bad English or the lack of understanding of slang or cultural references). Complete newbie in boating and mechanics.:facepalm: I will therefore explain with my simple wording what I see and understand. I've also made a search on the forum regarding the issue I have, but haven't found any satisfactory answer.
We bought, last year, a nice 17 feet cabin boat, make Marina M17 (made in UK, according to the plate), and to give it a bit of move, I got a 1975 Johnson 40hp, model 40e75-c.
Everything works alright, I fixed the electrics, the motor starts with muffs, no problem rev (even if I don't try to high on land).
Now comes the sole left issue: the gearbox seems to be... crazy! It's a basic FNR, with a Teleflex system that seems to work.
The propeller goes Forward and Reverse, no problem at all, but the Neutral is super hard to get. Directly on the motor, with the lever (not using the remote controls), I have to go reverse, forward and back to neutral to have the actual neutral.
Being a motorcyclist, I'm pretty used to "try to find the bloody neutral", but that thing with the boat is a bit too much in my opinion.
I guess, for experts like you (I've read through many topics here), it's a piece of cake, and easy-fix, but I can't find my way around it. I don't know what to look for, how it is supposed to look, I have no idea where this failure might be coming from! Neutral safety switch? Adjust gearbox?
I'd be very grateful of any form of help you could give!
Thanks for reading