Marina,

The following has been cut and pasted from Don Moyer's website (www.moyermarine.com). It might help you in the short term however, it would be a very good idea to get the complete manual as it has photographs which make it much easier to understand.

"FORWARD MODE ADJUSTING PROCEDURE

1) Place the cockpit shifting lever in neutral.

2) Recheck to be sure reversing gear is in neutral by moving the shifting lever slightly fore and aft while rotating the prop shaft. The best neutral position of the shifting lever is at the point where the prop shaft turns most freely.

3) Remove the ship's cable from the shifting lever on the engine by removing the pin from the connecting shackle.

Be certain to not disturb the neutral position of the shifting lever on the engine while removing the cable.

NOTE: If the forward clutch assembly is not in a good neutral position prior to adjustment, it will be very difficult to rotate the staked adjusting collar in step 6.

4) Remove the access plate on top of the reversing gear assembly.

5) Rotate the gear case cluster until the retaining pin of the adjusting collar is facing upward as in Fig 7.

6) Loosen the retaining pin until the staked collar can be turned on its threads. It is not necessary to completely remove the retaining pin from its threads to turn the adjusting collar.

7) Turning the adjusting collar clockwise will tighten the clutch disks when in forward. As a frame of reference, one notch on the adjusting collar makes a large difference and is usually sufficient to prevent slippage.

8) Retighten the retaining pin.

CAUTION: It is very important that the end of the retaining pin extends into one of the notches on the adjusting collar before final tightening. If the end of the pin presses on the collar itself (between notches) or if the pin is simply over-tightened, it is extremely easy to break the cast iron pressure plate.

9) With the shifting lever on the engine in the neutral position, slide the shackle of the ship's connecting cable over the lever and check its alignment. The shackle should be adjusted until the connecting pin can be installed without disturbing the neutral position of the shifting lever.

10) With the shifting cable reconnected, place the cockpit lever in and out of the forward detent several times to insure a proper "feel". A solid detent should be felt while going in and out of forward, but the adjustment should not be so tight as to cause any concern that the ship's cable and levers may be over-stressed.

REVERSE MODE
ADJUSTING PROCEDURE

1) When the forward mode adjustment is correct, recheck the reverse mode for proper adjustment. There should be a well defined neutral range when coming out of the forward detent, and reverse mode should be felt comfortably before the shifting lever in the cockpit reaches the limits of its rearward travel.

NOTE: There is no "detent" in the reverse mode.

2) If the shifting lever in the cockpit reaches the limits of its travel before reverse mode is securely established, turn the 3/4" hex-headed nut of the reversing brake band clockwise.

3) If the reverse mode is reached too soon, and/or the neutral zone is so small that it is difficult to find a spot where the prop is not turning (one way or the other), turn the adjusting nut counter-clockwise.

NOTE: It is not necessary to remove the retaining spring in order to turn the nut on the reversing band adjusting bolt. "

Good Luck,
Steve Kaminsky