Hi, first post, great forum....Looking forward to spending more time here.
I own a 1973, 9.5 Johnson outboard. I bought it used. Great little motor that was not used much. It is in great shape. I used it many times and recently I was running around the lake and the motor popped outta forward gear.
I was able to quickly get it back into neutral as it was reving very high. Waited a minute and put it back in without issue, ran great all day.
The next day, same issue but a few more times it happened. This went on and on until my last day up north, I could not get foward or reverse...
When I put the motor in reverse, the lever clicks in nice and stays there but the prop does not move. In forward, the lever will not stay down and seems that there is something preventing it from going into forward.
Any thoughts. This little motor, although old, runs like a charm and starts first pull everytime. I would like to be able to repair it.
Thanks
Sherriff
I own a 1973, 9.5 Johnson outboard. I bought it used. Great little motor that was not used much. It is in great shape. I used it many times and recently I was running around the lake and the motor popped outta forward gear.
I was able to quickly get it back into neutral as it was reving very high. Waited a minute and put it back in without issue, ran great all day.
The next day, same issue but a few more times it happened. This went on and on until my last day up north, I could not get foward or reverse...
When I put the motor in reverse, the lever clicks in nice and stays there but the prop does not move. In forward, the lever will not stay down and seems that there is something preventing it from going into forward.
Any thoughts. This little motor, although old, runs like a charm and starts first pull everytime. I would like to be able to repair it.
Thanks
Sherriff