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 '79 evinrude runs backwards
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06/25/07 04:12 AM
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throwback2332
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'79 evinrude start good runs good, but runs forward in reverse and reverse in forward. any ideas????
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: throwback2332]
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06/25/07 05:41 AM
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Pat Goff
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Is this something new? What have you done to it different? Or did you just buy it and it ran like this?
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: JustWingem]
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06/25/07 10:19 AM
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gary purdy
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Have hit this, some OMC lower units are made to shift backwards for the type of control. Had a lower from a early 70`s 65 HP 3 cylinder that I installed on a 80`s 70 HP 3 cylinder that shifted backwards. You will have to find correct lower unit for your outboard. Good Luck
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: gary purdy]
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06/25/07 02:57 PM
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2-stroke
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battery cables won't make it do this.
what horsepower or model#?
did you just finish rebuilding the gearcase?
could be a left hand prop on a right hand engine, or vice versa?
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: 2-stroke]
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06/25/07 03:34 PM
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spanky's
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Could be a reverse gearcase...If it is you can get a left or right hand prop to fix this problem...
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: spanky's]
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06/25/07 05:58 PM
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txbassmn
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Also if you bought a new prop it could be reversed. I bought a new prop and it was left hand turn instead of right hand. Had to exchange it for the right prop.
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: BIG OLE BOBBERS]
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06/25/07 06:15 PM
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Rapala
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You've got a counter-rotating lower unit. It was probably one of a pair that was taken off a boat with twin outboards.
Get yourself a left hand prop and you're in business.
If you're lucky enough to live by the lake...you're lucky enough
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: Rapala]
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06/25/07 08:12 PM
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throwback2332
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: throwback2332]
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06/26/07 04:04 PM
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phototom
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Could the shift cables be hooked up backwards?????
I don't know if this is even possible but a though.
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: phototom]
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06/27/07 03:54 AM
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BAD-sunburn
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drive backwards, or in that case, forwards.
Seriously though, probably the wrong prop.
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: Rapala]
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06/27/07 04:00 AM
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Hank1951
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i have a lower unit off a 1974 model 70 hp Evinrude for sale or trade!!
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: Hank1951]
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06/27/07 11:56 AM
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curtis_catfish_73
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Just mount the controls on the left side of the boat, problem solved.
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Re: '79 evinrude runs backwards
[Re: BIG OLE BOBBERS]
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06/27/07 08:22 PM
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R T
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I'd just put the prop on backwards.
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