does anyone have any advice on aligning the shift shaft when i restab the lower unit. i tried stabbing it in neutral the other night, as well as having the gear control in neutral, but when i tightened up the bolts and shifted into forward then tried to shift back into neutral it stayed in forward.
this is an excellent manual PDF file that i found that really helped me understand my shifting problem on my 1969 merc 650 with the thunderbolt ignition!
http://www.boatfix.com/merc/Servmanl/6/6B3R3.PDF
Recently put a new impeller in my 1969 merc 650 with the thunderbolt ignition. After stabbing the lower unit back in it failed the shift tests. well we didnt know at the time, so we took it out to the water hose and fired it up. it started just fine, but the prop was in reverse, and when we...
