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Thanks, everyone, for your help. My exploded view/ parts list for my Evinrude year calls the rod a “throttle rod.” (Incidentally I have now replaced that collar with an original equipment collar.) On the port side of the carburetor, that rod is linked to a lever on the throttle butterfly axle. During full throttle and when the rod is pushed forward, the butterfly axle turns down as far as it can go. The lever hits a stop when the throttle butterfly is completely horizontal. Then the collar can be tightened to hold the throttle rod in that position (again at full throttle).
At that moment over on the starboard side a outdent on the brown part is almost all the way forward to stop against the vertical lockout lever (which moves the lever’s top part in or out when gears change). (photo). That all seems pretty good so far, but today in checking things over after those settings, I found a new unexpected problem. The motor shifts fine into forward and neutral, but will not shift into reverse. I have a feeling I am going to have to adjust the shift rod or even get into the lower unit to look for problems.
Again, I am very thankful for everyone’s advice. If I have to take off and open up the lower gear unit, that will have to wait for my son to visit to help me. I’m not sure when he can do that. I’ll keep everyone updated as further developments occur. As Gilder Radner as Roseanne Roseannadanna said “it just goes to show you, it’s always something — if it’s not one thing, it’s another.”
Are you spinning the propeller when trying to shift into reverse? The lugs on the clutch dog/gear must be lined up or you won’t be able to shift into gear “statically”. Don’t take anything apart, please! Let us know if you still have an issue.
It sounds like your engine is synced up correctly. Perhaps the lack of power is just a matter or fine tuning the high speed mixture adjustment…
This engine looks like brand new, shouldn’t need a whole lot to get it running properly…
Don