1960 evinrude fisherman. where do you disconect the shift linkage.

[zabortnick]

Ok, have a 1960 evinrude 5.5 hp fisherman.. wana change the water pump impeller. Question. where do you disconect the shift linkage to drop the lower. its not obvious from the diagram and i am pretty sure that the little screw at the bottom undoes the shifting fork but not sure. pretty sure I dont want to diconect the shifting fork in lower. not familiar with this old bugger thought I had better check.

 

[oldcatamount]

If there isn't an oval shaped access cover on the starboard side of the exhaust housing, then remove the bolts holding the lower unit to the exhaust housing, and pull the l/u down about a half inch. This should give you room to remove the lower bolt in the brass shift rod connection.

 

[racerone]

Sorry , but you have to remove the powerhead on this model.-- Shift rod disconnects at the top.-----Allows you to do maintenace of the on the upper seal assembly too.

 

[zabortnick]

racerone you gotta be right because it has a solid shift rod. no brass conector on this. thats what puzzled me for a moment, but I suspected as much.
Well gonna need a few seals for that too then. Do ya know which ones off hand??

 

[F_R]

Well, you will need a new powerhead gasket. And at the very least, replace the 303355 gasket and 303347 o-ring, both part of the seal assembly. That seal is vitally important to the life of the motor, so make sure it is all good.

EDIT: Powerhead gasket is 313065 (18-2901 here at iboats)
303347 is iboats 18-7120
303355 is iboats 18-2892