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I have had an E mail to Garry for 3 weeks now to both Florida & Michigan without a repy, I’m sad he didn’t reply! I knew he was writing a book a long time ago.
Miss his photos too!
Drop the gearcase & try manually try moving the shift shaft to see if you get F,N,& R before taking it apart. Did you install with gearcase & shift lever both in forward gear & be sure to remove the set screw on the coupling all the way to see it seats properly.
I had a 54 Evinrude Superfastwin & it’s proberly the same design as my 15hp, loved that motor, always ran very well!
I had the shift lever in reverse because I was told it dropped the linkage more to be able to get to the coupler. I didn’t however make sure the gear case was in reverse. That is probably my problem. Mine is a big twin 25hp. Also is there a trick to get to the coupler screw With everything hooked up? When I initially tried to get it into the coupler the gear case was to close to the exhaust housing to be able to get to it. That’s when I was told to put it in reverse. But at that time I had the power head off the engine and was able to push the shift shaft down a little more to get it to coupler bolt. They definitely are seated properly tho because that was also something I fought so I made sure before I put the cases together and put the power head back on.