Evinrude 4906B 4HP 1969 Owner's Manual page 295

8-36 LOWER UNIT
If the unit being serviced has a propeller
using the rear-type
Install the shear pin and then coat the
propeller shaft with anti-corrosion
Install the propeller, propeller nut, and then
the cotter pin.
29- Final adjustment for remote control
units: Shift the lower unit into
gear. At the shift box, move the shift lever
to the NEUTRAL position.
end of the shift cable, does not align with
the shift handle, move the adjusting knob
until the pin aligns and will move into the
shift handle. With the shift cable removed,
move the lower unit into
and at the same time rotate the propeller
CLOCKWISE to ensure the gears are fully
indexed. At the control box, move the shift
lever into the FORWARD position.
check to be sure the pin on the end of the
shift cable aligns with the hole in the shift
lever. Adjust the knob on the shift cable
until the pin does align with the hole in the
shift lever.
Perform a functional check of the com-
pleted work by mounting the engine in a test
tank, in a body of water, or with a flush
attachment connected to the lower unit. If
the flush attachment
ate the engine above an idle speed, because
the no-load condition on the propeller would
allow the engine to RUNA WAY resulting in
of
Location the shear pin through the propeller
of
just ahead the propeller.
shear pin arrangement:
grease.
NEUTRAL
If the pin on the
FORWARD gear
Again
is used, NEVER oper-
shaft
in serious damage or destruction
engine.
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.
Start the engine and observe the tattle-
tale flow of water from idle relief in the
exhaust housing. The water pump installa-
tion work is verified.
connected to the lower unit,
water will be visible from the idle relief
port. Shift the engine into the three gears
and check for smoothness of operation and
satisfactory performance.
8-7 LOWER UNIT SERVICE
MANUAL SHIFT -- 28 HP TO 40 HP
Propeller Removal
Remove the propeller according to the
detailed procedures outlined in Section 8-3.
Draining Lower Unit
Drain the lower unit according to the
detailed procedures outlined in Section
GOOD WORDS
Only one type of shift mechanism and
removal procedures are used on the engines
covered in this section.
installed is referred
Appendix. Access to the shift disconnect is
through a window on the starboard
the engine.
of the
damage to the water
If a "Flushette" is
VERY LITTLE
8-4.
The mechanism ;
to as Type D in the
side of