Evinrude 4906B 4HP 1969 Owner's Manual page 257

7-24 ACCESSORIES
Check the end of the cable to determine
if the temper has been removed.
has a bluish appearance,
at an earlier date and the temper removed.
The temper MUST be removed to permit the
holding screw to make a crimp
to hold an adjustment.
been tempered, heat the end, but not enough
to melt the wire.
8- Feed the inner cable into the casing
guide and align it with the hole in the
sleeve. Tighten the two Allen screws in the
sleeve until one screw makes a crimp in the
wire. The screw must be tigh tened to this
degree to prevent
during operation.
screw up tight against the wire.
9- Install the cable and cable end into
the shift box with the trunion cap on the
bottom side. Lower the cable trunion re-
tainer into the recess and at the same
install the end of the shift cable sleeve 'Over
the end of the protrusion.
trunion cap over the top of the cable retain-
er.
Slide the retaining clip over the end of
the guide. The guide slips over a pin and the
retainer has a hole in the end. The retainer
fi ts over the pin and holds the end of the
throttle cable onto the pin. Install the side
plate with the attaching
Start the engine and run it at 700 rpm.
CAUTION: Water must circulate through
the lower unit to the engine any time the en-
gine is run to prevent
pump in the lower unit. Just five seconds
without water will damage the water pump.
Now, adjust the slide yoke to allow the
pushbuttons to be depressed at 700 rpm, but
not at 750 rpm. If it is not possible to
depress the buttons at 700 rpm, remove the
side panel and loosen the two screws on the
If the end
it has been heated
in the wire
If the wire has not
the wire from slipping
Bring the other Allen
Install the other
Phillips screws.
damage to the water
selector bracket.
or aft until the buttons can be depressed.
To adjust the friction knob under the shift
box, turn the knob clockwise
friction and counterclockwise
friction.
7-7 CABLE END ATTING INSTALLATION
AT THE ENGINE END
FIRST, THESE WORDS
In the early days, the
cables were installed
trunions. The trunions were installed on the
ends of the cables and formed the connec-
tion for the cables to the engine.
cable (wire) moved in both directions
the outer cable and actuated the mechanism
at the engine.
The anchor on the engine, to which the
trunion is attached,
tlrne
stamped on the inside diameter
edge of the trunion retainers.
identified PORT and STARBOARD.
As improvements
incorporated
trunions became
trunion.
The non-adjustable
lete and no longer available.
the old-style cable with the non-adjustable
trunion requires replacement,
justable type will be installed.
When the new cable and trunion are to
be installed, a new trunion retainer MUST be
purchased and installed port and starboard
Attaching the non-adjustable shift cable
arm, top, and connecting the throttle
adjustable trunnion, bottom.
Move the bracket forward
to increase
to decrease
throttle
using non-adjustable
has a "P" and an "S"
These letters
and refinements
over the years, new cables and
adjustable through
unit is totally obso-
Therefore,
the new ad-
SHIFT
NOT ADJUSTABLE
J
cable
and shift
The inner
inside
or inside
were
the
if
to
the shift
to the non-