Swagonmaster
Regular Contributor
We recently got a 1977 Glastron bass boat with a 1979 140 hp Merc on it. This rig has been sitting for an unknown number of years and needed some big time tlc so I never got to hear it run (for $200 you don't sweat the small stuff). Among other things I dropped the lower unit to replace the water pump, changed the gear oil as well. Now that it is running I notice that it is always in forward gear no neutral or reverse. I took it back apart to see if there was anything I could see wrong without success. The shift linkage is connected and working and she is full of oil but it seems to be stuck in gear, is it time to bring out the big hammer?
Btw, I tried shifting it back and forth while running to see if that would free it up but not yet at least. Any suggestions?
Btw, I tried shifting it back and forth while running to see if that would free it up but not yet at least. Any suggestions?
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