I just got a Yamaha outboard that had a broken throttle cable. The motor hasn't been used in at least 6 years. It is a 2004. I checked the water pump and found it needed a new one. Here is my question The shift rod goes into neutral position fine and I think it's reverse position all by hand but...
I have a 50 hp merc that has always been hard to shift. I disconnected the cables and the cables are free. I tried to shift by the shift lever at the engine and it.s hard. I opened the lower unit and found that it had no spring so, I thought I had the problem, wrong tried to put spring in and...