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AADIVER
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Initially Posted - 01/09/2006 :  23:52:17  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
Tohatsu and onlineoutboards.com swear that the 9.8 I bought can only be tilted back out of the water in neutral. Uh, uh, not the one I bought; it only tilts back in forward. They claim that "dry shifting", shifting while not running, will damage the electric start mechanism. Anyone with the front shifting 9.8 electric having the same problem?
Frank Farmer
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Response Posted - 01/10/2006 :  06:31:54  Show Profile
I discussed this in a previous post.
The tilt lock has 2 positionsor holes on it for the control rod. The factory position is locked in neutral and reverse.

If you move it to the other hole, it will only lock in reverse. Of coarse it means pulling the engine back into the cockpit for this 2 minute job. The manual has good pictures of the lever I describe, but really did not describe it well.

You are almost there Frank.

Tom.
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DanM
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Response Posted - 01/10/2006 :  08:16:37  Show Profile  Visit DanM's Homepage
Sorry you're still having problems, Frank. It IS nice that Chris is communicating with you.
My motor is a '05 model with the shift lever on the starboard side. But tilting is still tricky for me.
I think the adjustment Tom describes is in Sect. 8-3. of my manual, titled Reverse lock. But it doesn't mention anything about tilting. Tom, could it be to prevent cavitation in reverse gear at too high rpm?
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AADIVER
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Response Posted - 01/10/2006 :  17:28:01  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
Problem solved!
Chris talked me through the adjustment via cell phone. There's a sliding gizmo on the control rod that has to be slightly adjusted to allow a neutral tilt; a new adjustment on the current model with front shifter that is giving almost all new engine owners the same problem. He again offered to refund me half of the 85 bucks I paid to the rip off Andersson Marine in Marina del Rey here in L.A.
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