I am replacing the water pump in my 2000 short shaft 25 Johnson. The shift rod comes apart inside the water intake on the lower unit via brass nuts, one male and one female, similar to a coupling nut. I've unscrewed and separated the coupling but can't get the nut off the bottom of the top rod...
I just installed a 2001 225 hp Optimax on my bay boat, 118 hrs of operation with no codes in history. I am having two problems that I'm aware of. (1) The tilt/trim sender is different from my old 200 efi. There are three wires coming off the sending unit, blue, black and either faded yellow or...