Hi I am new to the forum here,and very happy to finally find one lol. I have a (what I was told was) a 1974 70Hp evinrude,it has 3 cylnders if that helps. The control arm for the throttle will go into forward gear but when I try to shift it to reverse the shifter handle its self stops and will not budge in the backward motion for reverse. I did notice today that the shift handle was past the point of the neutral position for the motor to actually be in neutral. I hand checked by spinning the prop. I don't know if I need to adjust the cables at the motor or is my shifter messed up? The boat will also not start with the key but did start when I pull started it. jumped the starter and it engaged but only spun the motor slowly and every few seconds. I had a good battery, Any help will mean more than anyone knows I live rite on lake erie an sold my motorcycle to buy this boat so the whole family could enjoy the summer.