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I have a lower unit that I am trying to get working to put on a 57 Elgin 7.5 with neutral shift. The shift cable is locked up. I’ve soaked PB blaster for days but no luck. I don’t know exactly how it is supposed to work so I’m hesitant to force it in a way that isn’t correct. Attached some pics so maybe someone could explain what I should do to free it up.
Thanks
ML
In absence of the “real” model number, take a wild guess at it as maybe 571.58781
EDIT: I don’t think that’s right. Wouldn’t the motor in question be a pea green Elgin? Like 571.58751
Heck,, I dunno.
We have a bingo. 571 58781. It is pea green. Pictures don’t show the color.
I’m having a hard time figuring out what is the issue but like I said, don’t want to snap the cableSo the pictures seem to show that it shifts an actual clutch, like a regular FNR cluch dog, that slide back and forth on the prop shaft, with a cam that moves up and down. The cam/plunger is sprung down, but is supposed to lift up with the cable.. It looks like the whole thing should just pull vertically up and out, once the gear case is removed from the leg. #19 seems to be the retainer. Maybe you can pry up on the cam, through the prop shaft hole?
Long live American manufacturing!
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