Thanks to everyone who contributed and helped guide me to the problem. A broken wire right next to the forward gear electromagnet had been broken when the wire was not secured under the protective shield. My boat now goes into forward and reverse and will be trying it out on the water this...
I believe the magnet is bad. When I apply power directly to the magnets bypassing the wire I can hear reverse engage but not forward. I have continuity from the forward controls in both forward and reverse to the magnets. When I measure ohms on magnets they are not the same
I'm not finding them in the back except where the plunge down to the lower unit. Not seeing a place to switch them. It there a way for me to do that by the forward controls?
