Still no progress on fixing the issue. I do now have service and parts manuals on the way.
I have learned a few more things that may help diagnosis. With the L.U. removed, the shift shaft has vertical play and if pulled upward it will spin 360 with the shift cog. I believe this to be the root...
I am having problems that I cannot figure out on my 1969 Mercury 650 4 cylinder 2 stroke outboard. Shifting adjustment seems to elude me and unfortunately nobody in southern California seems to work on anything that is older than 15 years.
First off, yes I tried the shift adjusting technique in...
New to the site and new to boating, but I am not new to work and fixing things. Hoping to learn from people a lot smarter at this stuff than I am.
I purchased a 1969 Glastron Gulfstream. The deck has a couple holes in the fiberglass and I can feel the soft wood and see some rotting in about a...