Wont shift into gear

[spareparts]

go back to teh shift plate on the engien, you will have two shift cables coming together at teh shift plate, one cable is from the shifter at the helm, the otehr goes to the drive. Like DDE said, disconect the shift cable from the shifter at the shift plate(top cable), just need a 7/16 wrench and a pair of needle nose pliers. Have soemone spin the prop counetr clock wise and puch the sfhit cable(the drive one, not the shifter one) in till the prop locks up in gear, then spin the prop the otehr way and pull the cable out till it locks in reverse. If it will lock in both ways, teh shift cable to teh drive is probably OK. Check the cable to teh shifter, it probably has worn thur some where