The best I can do is this picture from another forum. I've tried to find an exploded diagram on google image search, but failed. The problem I have is no way of applying an upwards force to the top clutch cone to lift it off. But it's very sticky and erratic and not really usable under control, so I need to get the whole thing apart to give it a good clean. With the aid of a hammer and my biggest bodging screwdriver, I managed to get the gypsy to turn independently of the motor shaft (ie, with the clutch released). Fortunately, having unscrewed the top cap off the thing, I've realised it does have a clutch, but it was completely stuck through years of use by unskilled charterers and probably zero maintenance. This was just about manageable in a wide shallow Solent anchorage, but would be distinctly awkward in a deep bay in the Channel Islands. Until this afternoon, I thought my inherited windlass didn't have a clutch, but could only be motored up and down.
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