1969 Evinrude 85 hp, locked in foward, lost neutral & reverse

[philippe546]

My son brought over his Evinrude 85 hp electric shift to replace the lower unit after he ran into a rock this week , a small piece is broken off the end, the casing seems alright, but it is always locked in foward now. I disconnected the green & blue wire from the lower unit, followed the testing instruction from a previous member & readings are normal, I also with a testing light turned on the ignition, pushed forward & no power, pushed neutral & power green, pushed reverse & power on green & blue, With the ignition, the trottle arm on start, is starts in forward, neutral & reverse but the prop always rotates foward.<br />HELP

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: 1969 Evinrude 85 hp, locked in foward, lost neutral & reverse

The motor has to be running for it to shift. The solenoids operate valves, and a piston moves by oil pressure provided by a pump in the nose. It's automatically in forward until that piston takes it out. Check the gearlube.

 

[philippe546]

Re: 1969 Evinrude 85 hp, locked in foward, lost neutral & reverse

Hi; I'm sory I might not have explain myself correctly, after he hit the rock (in the water), it locked in foward, he tried several times changing gears with the push buttons but stays in forward, it re-starts in all gears but always rotates forward.<br />HELP

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: 1969 Evinrude 85 hp, locked in foward, lost neutral & reverse

he may have knocked the wires loose in the lower unit solenoids. if the are not energized the lower unit will not shift. it automatically defaults to forward when there is no power to the solenoids.

 

[Barnacle_Bill]

Re: 1969 Evinrude 85 hp, locked in foward, lost neutral & reverse

If he knocked a hole in the lower unit and lost all oil, it will stay in fwd gear.