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70ish evinrude electric shift

chuck_8_fish

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"I just purchased the boat fro

"I just purchased the boat from a "friend". Was told it needed a new control box. The motor is in forward gear, the two wires coming from the lower unit are not attached to anything. How can I test the lower unit to make sure it shifts properly before I put any $ into this motor. I didn't want to put 12 volts on it as I know nothing about it. I assume that it gets a ground from the body and one lead is forward the other reverse and no power neutral? Any positive help would be great."
 
"---the following,is courtesy

"---the following,is courtesy of joe reeves posts------->
Hydro Electric Shift)
(J. Reeves)

The shifting setup of the lower unit is what's called a "Hydro Electric Shift", which is quite complex consisting of "
 
Hopefully the control box does

Hopefully the control box does not need a shift switch..... quite difficult to find.
 
"I posted that,..in the assump

"I posted that,..in the assumption,it would be ok w/u joe....if u prefer i dont..pls advise...."
 
and you better prey that was

and you better prey that was not not johnnys best idea the wires are a pain i have had to repair quite a few be careful when you do a water pump had some customers mess the wires up and make sure you keep the water out of the lower
 
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