This is all new to me. Finnaly talked wife into getting a boat. Got a 1968 16' Ward's Sea King w/1961 Evinrude Lark III 40hp motor manual shift. Model #35524 Ser.#14661. Took It out the first time and it overheated had to row back to shore. Got it home and put a new water pump in it. Second trip out motor ran fine but as we were going in forward there was an occasional bump to the motor. Decided to turn for the ramp (did not want to row again). About halfway back the motor would not go in foward at all and made a bad grinding sound. Reverse worked fine had to go backwards to get to the ramp. Got home took the lower unit off to check the gears to make sure they were not stripped. Everything looked great no apparent damage to the gears and no shavings in the oil. Put it back together and checked the linkage in the driveway. It felt as if it was shifting properly i.e. the prop would not move when put in foward or reverse but spun free in neutral. Third trip out reverse worked to get off the trailer. put it in forward to go to the dock and it only worked for about 15 feet. then made the grinding sound again then quite making any noise at all. Reverse only worked some of the time and aslo made the same grinding noise. I am pretty mechanically inclined but this is stummping me as I cannot figure out how to correct this problem any advice would be greatly appreciated.
