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In forward gear, I noticed that the shift lever was not snapped into its forward notch (close to it but not in the notch). Inspecting more closely, I found a screw and a bolt head for adjusting the position of the lever. I tried loosening both the screw and the bolt head. I don’t think the screw did anything to alter the shift lever’s movements, but the bolt head was in a slot (not just a hole). I eased the lever into a different position for the bolt head relative to the slot and tightened it all. Now the lever snaps into the forward, neutral, and reverse notches securely. That is encouraging, but how that might have changed something down in the gear unit is uncertain. In the forward notch, I hand turned the flywheel (clockwise); the propeller turned. In the neutral notch, when I turned the flywheel, the propeller did not turn. In the reverse notch, moving the flywheel turned the propeller in the opposite direction. That is encouraging. I appreciate your note about maybe being correctly synchronized. I am thinking that, when my son can break free, it would be time to put the motor into a trash can full of water; then to set the slow and fast needles, and if all seems Ok, to take it to a lake for a trial and further fine tuning the slow and fast needles.
You are very right that the motor is extra clean. Tearing into it more deeply is something I will resist.
Thank you for your advice.