TOPIC: 68 merc 1000 reverse lock

Posted this on an old thread but wanted to repost it here. Leaving for obx Kill Devil Hills in 2 weeks and want the boat ready.

Finally got around to dropping the LU and moving the cam. Have a page from the service manual with a picture of the cam in reverse and neutral. So i know it's in right.

But it still won't lock.

Is there an adjustment to the bar that goes up to the hooks?

When i shift the bar moves up and down and seems to move the hooks. But in reverse i can still lift the motor off the stop bar manually.

Just went back to it before i hit submit on this post.

I shifted into forward and dropped the LU a couple a inches. The bar that goes up to the hooks is not moving down, even though the ramp on the cam is out of the way.

What do i check on the bar and hooks? i can't find anything in the manual.

Dave Bernard is batting 1000 today! Dave, go play the lottery

I was on the phone with him about the 9.8 merc and asked him about this.

He mentioned the part UNDER the cam, a plastic spacer that costs $4 new, and it was missing.

I think i left it in the other LU i sent to Tim. Oh well

Put a stack of washers in under the cam, to test, and it locks in reverse now. Ordered the part and should be good to go.

Glad it worked out.