I am trying to adjust my cables on a 1971 140hp 3.0 and it's all jacked up! I have read on how to do it and it doesn't work. I am not getting any reverse gear at all. When I put it all the way in foward it goes in gear and I pull it back to neutral the prop spins freely, but from neutral to all the way in reverse i am still in neutral. I replaced the shift cable before hand and the brass nut the screws into the bell housing sticks out about 1/2-9/16 of an inch. Could that be what is not allowing it to shift to reverse? And when it is fully in gear should the prop spin freely in the other direction? Any help is greatly appreciated I finally got the motor running with help from the forum! But if it's not one thing it's another!