Reply To: 69 Evinrude 9.5 hp Slipping out of gear

[Don]

I would only pay the “basket case” price for this engine. Best case scenario, prop hub is spun, feeling lucky? Worst case scenario, the mounts are shot pulling it out of forward gear and the driveshaft is stuck like yours… Do you know if this is a fresh or salt water engine?
There is a way to judge whether or not this is a gearcase or a mount issue though….Ask the owner if the engine stays in neutral once it “slips out of gear”? If the engine stays in neutral, then you have a mount issue. If the engine exhibits the usual bucking and jumping while it tries to stay in gear, then it is a gearcase issue. With the engine on a stand, spin the prop and shift into forward gear. Now try to push aft on the flywheel while someone holds the engine in place…You will probably be able to push the powerhead back quite a bit if the mounts are messed up, this will put pressure on the shift linkage which will pull it back into neutral…
This sounds like a good “isolation project”….