Okay gotcha. Will I have to throttle up as well? It'll stall if I don't, right? I guess there will be no resistance on the prop though so it might just not stall.
I kind of have an idea of how to do that, but I just want to pass it by you so I don't damage anything.
Would I disconnect the shift cables and then manually move the shift rod while having someone spin the prop? And moving the throttle rod to test if it's stiff wouldn't do any harm right?
And...
I've got a 19 ft Carolina Skiff with a 2005 Mercury 50hp EFI 4 stroke that has a stiff throttle. It's not impossible to use and have been running it with a stiff throttle for a while now. It just takes more effort than it should. I hung the cables and dripped oil through them recently and tore...
