Mariner 6 MLA 1996 serial 09894626

by Gösta Ljungdahl
(Stockholm, Sweden)

The outboard has a tiller handle shift. I recently replaced the impeller and in the process I made some mistakes. The horizontal shift shaft came lose from the lever connecting it to the vertical shift shaft on the port side of the engine. In the process the shift link rod on the starboard side came lose from the gear shift lever on the control platform. I had some problems putting it all together again since the horizontal shift shaft got turned out of place but after noticing that the lever on the horizontal shift shaft should point upwards when installing it I managed to put it together again. But I fear something else has come out of place since I no longer can increase throttle in reverse. When turning the tiller handle I can shift into reverse but then I cannot turn it any further to increase engine speed. I cannot see what stops it. The four pics show starboard side at full throttle forward, half throttle forward, neutral, and reverse.