Re: 1968 evinrude fastwin 18 popping out of gear

[chinewalker]

Chances are adjusting the shift handle will help. Some detective work and "feel" can tell you how centered it is in the clutch dog apparatus. By turning the prop back and forth, you can find there the lugs are on the dog. Then some gentle shifting to find out how far the handle moves before engaging/disengaging the gears. I believe you’ll find that the shift handle moves almost all the way forward before engaging your forward gears, which means the dog is just barely holding the mating lugs on the gear. Adjust so that the handle moves about equally fore/aft before engagement begins.