jiminmontana
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2009
- Messages
- 77
I have been working on this old motor for about 10 hours!
The power head works flawlessly. But have had issues getting the mechanical shifter to do things correctly. Initially, it would only go in reverse. When shifted forward, heard the clicking sound coming from the vertical arm that locks out the shift lever from moving into gear when the throttle is advanced. I adjusted the shift lever (which has some play in it from lots of use) and is almost OK. When my wife was operating, I was in the back and as long as I held pressure on the lever, we proceeded, but to let off was to pop out of gear and resume the clicking. However, with that adjustment of the shift lever, now I have NO REVERSE!
The vertical linkage arm has a hook at the bottom that catches a pin connected to the shift mechanism. That pin rolls about 90 degrees and slips into various undulations in the vertical linkage arm so that you can stay in reverse, stay in neutral, or stay in forward gear. I am tempted to heat and bend that hook at the bottom downward, because that hook is keeping the pin from moving just a bit further which would allow the shifter to go into full forward. But I do not wat to screw up the whole thing! Any thoughts?
The power head works flawlessly. But have had issues getting the mechanical shifter to do things correctly. Initially, it would only go in reverse. When shifted forward, heard the clicking sound coming from the vertical arm that locks out the shift lever from moving into gear when the throttle is advanced. I adjusted the shift lever (which has some play in it from lots of use) and is almost OK. When my wife was operating, I was in the back and as long as I held pressure on the lever, we proceeded, but to let off was to pop out of gear and resume the clicking. However, with that adjustment of the shift lever, now I have NO REVERSE!
The vertical linkage arm has a hook at the bottom that catches a pin connected to the shift mechanism. That pin rolls about 90 degrees and slips into various undulations in the vertical linkage arm so that you can stay in reverse, stay in neutral, or stay in forward gear. I am tempted to heat and bend that hook at the bottom downward, because that hook is keeping the pin from moving just a bit further which would allow the shifter to go into full forward. But I do not wat to screw up the whole thing! Any thoughts?