I'm getting ready to do the water pump on my 1977 Evinrude 115 V4 outboard. I have the Clymer manual, and it talks about removing the shift rod retaining clip when removing the gearcase. The picture makes it look like a big cotter pin, but I don't see this thing any where around the shift rod...
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I've got a 1977 Evinrude 115 and I need to put a new water pump on it, and I've been reading all these problems about this year and how there are two different water pumps depending on the length of the...