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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thill" data-source="post: 501139" data-attributes="member: 4972">I can't remember if yours has the solid gear or if yours is a cable.   Very often, what is frozen is the vertical shaft against the powerhead that moves the linkage to the carbs and the timing base.   There are two hold-down tabs that hold that shaft.  Sometimes, you can loosen those tabs, spray some WD40 all around them and get them to work loose.   Sometimes the grommet at the bottom has bad corrosion around it, and needs a lot of cleaning out.  This is going from memory.  I might need to go look at a schematic to give you better info.   Hopefully, it's something simple and you have already figured it out.</blockquote>