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The last few trips my reverse has been grinding into to gear really bad, and the most recent trip I couldnt shift into reverse at all even when I stabbed it. The motor would just rev and make an awful noise like teeth slipping. Forward gear works perfect.
I changed the lower unit oil to check...
1989 Evinrude 200
I took my boat out yesterday to try the motor on the water for the first time.
The motor cranked up and idled just fine fine as i was backing off the trailer, but within about 3 minutes the trouble alarm started going off steadily. My temp gauge read 135-140, the tell tale...
I recently installed a 1989 Evinrude 200 on my boat and after I got done installing the motor, I had my local boat mechanic change the water pump along with a few minor things and check my work. Before I dropped the boat off I started the motor and ran it on 2 seperate occasions and every thing...
