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    un hooking shift rod

    on a 1987 40hp johnson i can not unhook the shift rod. I pulled a clip pin and slide rod to left but it appears a hex nut set screw stops this from under the carbs. Do i need to release this set screw-It looks impossible without removing other parts. i am lost. lower unit is dropped about an...
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    dropping lower unit

    I am trying to drop lower unit on 1987 johnson 40H.P. I have the bolts out but read you have to un clip the linkage. How do i do that. Thanks
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    now a gear problem

    I cracked my lower unit this weekend--drained it --ran ok coming home--drained it--epoxied the crack and filled it back with oil--ran it today everything good but it will not drop in reverse--great forward--make a clacking noise has i pull it back but will not reverse--out of water i checked it...
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    damaged lower unit question

    I ran into a dredge line at speed and cracked (a pretty good size hole) into the leading edge of the torpedoe shaped bottom of the lower unit on my 20 year old 40 hp johnson. Looks bad. Had to come about 18 miles home and it never acted like anything was wrong. i would have figured i ruined it...
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