Re: Evinrude N

[Tom]

Let me know if you run into any trouble, I’ve got lots of parts. The manuals just show individual parts, not their relative orientation. I could send you one, but it would not be very useful for you at this point.

Basically, there should be a button in the end of the tiller. You press in the button and raise the tiller out of its locked position. This lowers the foot and leg, and drops the bottom tang at the top of the torque tube away from the spring loaded pawl on the bottom of the crankcase. When the motor is running, propeller torque spins the lower unit around, as long as that big hex nut isn’t too tight, and the gland or rotating surfaces haven’t corroded.
In reverse, the top tang, the one in the photo, engages the pawl.

When you press the button in and lower the tiller, the lower unit should lock into forward using the bottom tang and the pawl on the case. If that catch ("pawl") is rusted or stuck, it won’t work.

Tom