bobcat_fisherman
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I'm a newbie at working on motors. I dropped the lower unit on my 1976 Evinrude 9.9hp motor last night to replace the water pump impeller. When I put the lower unit back on I had a really hard time getting the gear cable to go back into the strap/connector piece that is held together by a screw. After putting the motor into Forward, Neutral and Reverse I was able to make it fit. However, now I can only shift from Reverse to Neutral. It will not even go into the Forward gear.
I'm guessing it has to do with link that connects the shift cable. Sorry I don't know the technical names of all of these parts. Its the first time I dropped the lower unit. What's the trick to getting that hooked back up correctly? There's only about enough room to get a screwdriver inbetween the upper and lower unit when hooking it back up. When I push to hard on it, the linkage gets pushed down into the lower unit housing causing instead of hooking up right.
I can take more pictures if I need to. Thanks for any info.
Here are a few photos of the lower unit and the strap/connector that the gear shift cable goes into.
Here is a photo looking up at the upper unit. You can see the gear cable at the bottom of the photo that needs to be connected.
Video showing how it will not go into Forward.
I'm guessing it has to do with link that connects the shift cable. Sorry I don't know the technical names of all of these parts. Its the first time I dropped the lower unit. What's the trick to getting that hooked back up correctly? There's only about enough room to get a screwdriver inbetween the upper and lower unit when hooking it back up. When I push to hard on it, the linkage gets pushed down into the lower unit housing causing instead of hooking up right.
I can take more pictures if I need to. Thanks for any info.
Here are a few photos of the lower unit and the strap/connector that the gear shift cable goes into.
Here is a photo looking up at the upper unit. You can see the gear cable at the bottom of the photo that needs to be connected.
Video showing how it will not go into Forward.