Evinrude 4906B 4HP 1969 Owner's Manual page 234

7-1 INTRODUCTION
Boat accessories
from the original equipment
except in the case of the electric
The electric shift box is considered a part of
the new engine. Therefore,
made a change, the electric
the engine is probably original engine manu-
facturer equipment.
are sold and installed separately.
Shift boxes, steering,
ers, and other similar
added after the boat leaves the plant.
cause of the wide assortment,
price ranges of such accessories,
utor, dealer, or customer
tion from which to draw, when outfitting
the boat.
Therefore, the procedures
tions in this chapter are general in nature in
order to cover as many units as possible, but
still specific and in enough detail to allow
troubleshooting, repair, and adjustment
each of these accessories.
will do much for maximum comfort, perfor-
mance, and enjoyment.
Complete procedures
stallation, and adjustment
rangements are covered
The old-style manual
manual shift; electr ic shift; and the push-
button shift mechanism.
are all considered original Johnson/Evinrude
equipment.
7-2 SHIFT BOXES
DESCRIPTION
Undoubtedly, the most used accessory on
any boat is the the shift control box.
unit is a remote-control
the outboard and at the same time
trolling the throttle.
ACCESSORIES
are seldom obtained
manufacturer,
shift unit.
unless an owner
shift unit with
Mechanical shift units
bilge pumps, blow-
equipment may be
Be-
styles, and
the distrib-
has a wide selec-
and sugges-
for
Proper operation
for removal, in-
of four shift ar-
in this Chapter:
shift; new updated
These shift boxes
This
device for shifting
con-
The shift box on OMC
7
equipped boats is considered
except in the case of the electric
Therefore, many installations
er than a factory
equipped boats may be equipped with one of
four different type shift boxes:
sty le manual shift;
shift; electric shift; and the pushbutton shift
arran gem
errt,
The mechanical
levers, a long lever handle and a short lever
handle. The long handle controls the throt-
tle and the short one the shift mechanism.
The electric shift units, including the push-
button models, have only one lever handle
for control of the shift and throttle.
shift box installed with Johnson engines has
one handle for shifting, and another at the
NEUTRAl
FORWARD
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Single lever electric
Johnson units. These boxes incorporate
throttle lever the
at
bottom hold the throttle position after the operator
to
releases the handle.
an accessory,
may have oth-
installed unit.
The old-
new updated manual
shift box units have two
REVERSE
Shift box used only on the
a
friction screw on the
rear and a
shift.
OMC
The
warm-up