Hey, Jeff, obviously, the lead ball on the shift (cable) needs to be seated properly in the bracket. There is no other way I can think of to install the shift rod (cable) retainer other than the way you described. Try adding a bit of grease and the plastic piece should just clip into place...
Hey, my name is Caleb. I have a tiller handle manual tilt kicker motor that won’t idle and stalls during acceleration from idle. The motor seems to be suffering from a lean condition. I disassembled and cleaned the carburetor. There were some signs of corrosion and fuel separation. Also, the...