going slightly mad

[johnyjuju64]

1972 18 horse evinrude model 18202r replaced key pin that drives the impeller and cant get fwrd rev and neutral to properly work i tried the advise that i got last week and followed to a tee but it dident work allso i need to know if the motor should be pissing as soon as it is running

 

[Chinewalker]

Re: going slightly mad

It takes several seconds for the water to circulate through the motor - sometimes as much as a half minute or so. If testing in a bucket, be sure the water level is above the waterpump bulge in the housing as these pumps are not self-priming.

If the motor shifted prior to your dropping the unit to deal with the waterpump, then it should shift afterwards. The only thing that could affect that would be if you had the shift coupling mis-aligned. If you removed anything else - .ie the shift pivot screw at the base of the gearcase skeg, then you may need to revisit getting that back in correctly. Outside of that, there's really nothing else to go out of whack.

 

[bhughes]

Re: going slightly mad

I agree. Messing with the impeller should not have an effect on the shifting. You either pulled out that pin that near the bottom of the motor at the gears, or you didn't reconnect the shift linkage in the middle of the motor's body. I put the motor in reverse and use needlenose plyers to grab the shift rod coming from the lower unit and push it up as far as it will go up into the shiftlink coupler, then screw in the bolt making sure the shift rod doesn't slip down any before screwing it in.

 

[mikesea]

Re: going slightly mad

please tell me you changed the impeller and not just the key,its a once a yr.maint .item,as for the shifting,did you insure the screw that secures the shaft in the coupler was installed thru the slot provided on the shaft(s)both shaft have them,and it should **** whithin seconds,like less than 10