plastic link above/forward reverse?

misterroy · Sep 24, 2019

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TERv1vVftL87AW9yj--7fRvpQCm1GqkH/view?usp=sharing

Hi above the selector there is a thin plastic link, it is broken, what does it do?

It is on a 15 HP Mariner from about !992.

thanks

misterroy · Sep 24, 2019

https://www.crowleymarine.com/mercury-outboard/parts/2194_100.cfm?mdl=EGBTUP
There is a plate on my engine saying
W15ML 684C L 352547 is the above link the correct one?
The broken part is 12.

misterroy · Sep 25, 2019

I have shifted this thread to the correct place, is there a way to delete it here?
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