I have a 1988 four winns 180 horizon. I’ve had some shift cable and dog teeth issues myself. Thought it was the cable we replaced it once according to the manual. It would shift into forward but slip out. Reverse worked fine. So I got a new lower unit from sei and did the cable again. The cables we’ve got though off amazon they all seemed to long. It wouldn’t shift into forward in the driveway even after we did the omc adjustments with the tools. So we cut the cable by a half an inch and it shifts now. I still haven’t taken it out on the water yet but has anyone else had there cable be too long or not working even after following the manual?