quote pugetsoundboater:
Shifter seized could be expensive , it may be the gear case is junk…
I bought a ’56 Evinrude 10 HP a couple months ago with that problem. Shifter stuck, couldn’t pull the recoil. It’s from fresh water but lower unit looked crusty like it had sat in the water for a long time. I had a feeling it was stuck in the gear case, but the seller was a friend of my sister’s and assured me it did run good at one time. I really only wanted it for the powerhead so I took a chance. This is why it was stuck.
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He was right about it running good though. I mounted the powerhead on my ’57 that needed one.
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