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Can someone tell me if my old 18 'rude is supposed to have any safety locks like my '75 9.9? The nine-nine cannot be pulled when in gear and the throttle cannot be advance beyond start when in neutral. The 18 doesn't seem to have any of this and I'm wondering if maybe something inside is just...
Pulled a real boner the other day with my "new" 1961 Evinrude 18. I was sitting out in the lake. Gave it a tug and it did not start. Instinctively twisted the throttle 'till it stopped and gave it another yank. I say instinctively 'cuz for the last thirty years I've been running a 1976 Johnson...
