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I removed the shift cable so I could manually shift by hand to see what might be happening. It shifts out of neutral into forward smoothly. Shifting into reverse takes more pressure. So I'm not clear on what a shift cable adjustment will accomplish.
No lower unit work has been done.
I have a 1996 Mercury 125 that does not go in reverse. The control moves into forward and reverse but there is only power going forward. With the engine off, if I manually turn the prop in neutral it makes a clicking sound. In forward the sound is louder and in reverse the prop does not spin...
