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    Shifting rod linkage getting stuck on transmission part can’t get out of forward

    On your motor stand , the propshaft MUST be turned for easy shifting.
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    Shifting rod linkage getting stuck on transmission part can’t get out of forward

    Simple-----That shift rod does not turn.-----There is no adjustment there !----If throttle is not at slow idle it can not be shifted.----Find the real issue.----Your location ?
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    2006 DF115 Stuck valves?

    And the timing chain is underneath the block.-----Lot of work to replace it.
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    1982 Johnson 50 Sea Horse - Constant Beep While Accelerating

    Impeller housings melt when motor ( pump ) is run dry.----Not from an old impeller with bent vanes.
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    2006 DF115 Stuck valves?

    Do the investigating first.-----Worry about special tools later.
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    Year of Mariner 115?

    An inline 6 cylinder?----1982 is my guess.
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    2006 DF115 Stuck valves?

    Remove valve cover and see if valves are moving.
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    1986 johnson 20hp tiller electrix start

    Hopefully a factory kit from BRP ?
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    1986 johnson 20hp tiller electrix start

    When properly maintained these older motors are just wonderful.
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    1986 johnson 20hp tiller electrix start

    Well----The Johnson / Evinrude 10HP and larger had a lockout in the 1950's already.
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    3 line fuel pump PLUS pulse port on the back

    The gasket would be an insulator and seal nothing.
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    1982 Johnson 50 Sea Horse - Constant Beep While Accelerating

    Shift rod was disconnected ?
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    1982 Johnson 50 Sea Horse - Constant Beep While Accelerating

    Heating the area where the bolt snapped off expands the aluminum at twice the rate of steel.----It may let go.---Shift rod was disconnected ?
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    3 line fuel pump PLUS pulse port on the back

    These motors run very well on 5 of 6 cylinders.----See if spark jumps a gap of 3/8" on each lead.----These motors ( with original pistons ) have a history of broken piston rings !-----I can't make you do it , but a wise owner would record the values of a compression test for future...
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    3 line fuel pump PLUS pulse port on the back

    Correct.----I would never buy a new pump off the internet.-----I would just install a new diaphragm.------About the only thing that can fail on these pumps is the diaphragm----Simple easy fix here on my work bench.
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    3 line fuel pump PLUS pulse port on the back

    I would say it only looks like there is a pulse port on the back of the fuel pump.-----It is likely not connected to provide PRESSURE to the diaphragm !----Same pump housing casting can be used to make a 2 hose or a 3 hose pump.-----Post the actual compression test values after a test.
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    1981 Mercury 7.5 2 stroke

    ????----I can nor see or touch your motor.-----I have numerous rebuilt and parts motors like yours.----On some years there is a hole straight into the crankcase.----Plugged by the driveshaft and sealed by an O-ring.
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    1981 Mercury 7.5 2 stroke

    On some of these that hole is sealed by the driveshaft and the O-ring.-----Look in there.----Turn the crankshaft.----Tell me what you see.
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    Wells are drying up in Hunterdon, N J today.

    Not much different in many areas.-----Total amount of water available stays the same.-----Demand goes up with every new subdivision.-----Rain / snow water that does fall , does not soak into the ground.-----Drains off every parking lot into the rivers.----Millions of acres of farm land have been...
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    1981 Mercury 7.5 2 stroke

    This test would be overkill in my opinion.
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