Sparkytech
Member
I have a weird issue that popped up today with my 1970 Johnson 6hp tiller. Shifting between forward, neutral, and reverse has worked flawlessly, until today. I put the motor on the boat, went to shift into reverse, and it was like the shift linkage was disconnected, and the lever moved way farther that it should. Moving it back and forth repeatedly, it seemed to “reconnect” and I was able to get it into gear. Whenever I shifted it out of gear, the same problem happened, and moving the shift lever repeatedly would finally get it in gear. After I got home, I put it on the stand, and it shifts just fine, and I tried it over and over again. I transport the motor on its side in the boat. Could that cause this issue, or should I tear into it?