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newbie needs help with 140 looper issues
Hi I'm a newbie to this forum.
I paid and downloaded a workshop manual for my 1988 140hp Johnson,it appears to be a copy of a factory manual for 140hps, it mentions the shift rod length to be 21.94 inches ( 557.3mm)
but it doesn't mention what gear the rod should be in. I was told have the height set in Neutral .I have for the last few days frying to get the lower unit installed and can't select reverse as the shift lever attachment under the carbs will not push the rod down enough to get reverse.
It appears I should remove the lower unit and adjust it again but this time push the rod down into reverse and unscrew the shift rod to correct length and refit the unit. There is no more adjustment left in the control cable to do it any other way.
Another thing not explained is the gear lever and throttle lever position on the motor, would it be correct to think that the throttle arm and the gear shift arm would be in parallel when in Neutral?
I paid and downloaded a workshop manual for my 1988 140hp Johnson,it appears to be a copy of a factory manual for 140hps, it mentions the shift rod length to be 21.94 inches ( 557.3mm)
but it doesn't mention what gear the rod should be in. I was told have the height set in Neutral .I have for the last few days frying to get the lower unit installed and can't select reverse as the shift lever attachment under the carbs will not push the rod down enough to get reverse.
It appears I should remove the lower unit and adjust it again but this time push the rod down into reverse and unscrew the shift rod to correct length and refit the unit. There is no more adjustment left in the control cable to do it any other way.
Another thing not explained is the gear lever and throttle lever position on the motor, would it be correct to think that the throttle arm and the gear shift arm would be in parallel when in Neutral?