I figured out why my boat wouldn't start. The safey switch had fallen out of its spot. I opened up the handle part (excuse my terminology not a mechanic) and found that the safety switch was faulty and had fell out so when the handle was going forward and backward it was not going in neutral so I thought. I put that back into the little hole that it fits in and put the unit back and the key turned over the motor. I then took it back out to the lake and dropped the boat in the water and put the boat in reverse only to notice that it went forward. When I put it in forward the engine would rev up but wouldn't move. I thought that perhaps I had put the handle together wrong. Since this was not a big issue I pulled the handle in reverse and the boat went forward. Once I got out in the middle of the water I put the boat in forward and the motor kicked a little and it went forward so I then tried reverse and it still went forward. What could be the issue? Thanks.
