I recently acquired my first boat. It is a 1989 star line, and it has what I believe to be a 1972 evinrude 55 outboard on it. Took it to the lake yesterday and everything was going good until I realized I couldn’t get it out of Forward, i could push the neutral and reverse buttons, but the prop keeps spinning forward.
after cruising around for a little bit I tested out the buttons again. And I was able to shift it back and forth a few times, however eventually it got stuck in forward again, which is the way I ended up putting it on the trailer like that.
Today, I cannot get the engine to start, I presume because I cannot get the engine into neutral. I had read a few posts, and I believe they refer to this shifter as a hydra electric shifter. It seemed like one solution was to wire in a toggle switch, does anyone else have any suggestions?
after cruising around for a little bit I tested out the buttons again. And I was able to shift it back and forth a few times, however eventually it got stuck in forward again, which is the way I ended up putting it on the trailer like that.
Today, I cannot get the engine to start, I presume because I cannot get the engine into neutral. I had read a few posts, and I believe they refer to this shifter as a hydra electric shifter. It seemed like one solution was to wire in a toggle switch, does anyone else have any suggestions?