Patrickstar74
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Just installed this engine and took it out for a test run Sunday. Power head wise it seemed good. Idled good ,revved good. All in all pretty smooth. Here’s the issues. First off it seemed to be a total dog. At WOT the boat barley moved. I think top speed was around 8 mph. The motor it replaced was a 55 hp and there was no comparison. Then as we were just putting along the motor started bouncing horribly, then quit and continued running. Soon after it kicked out of gear. I was able to put it in gear and continue on. Then after about another 10 mins of putting around i had stopped and then went to go in reverse and it was stuck in forward. Wouldn’t come out no matter what I did. Got it home pulled the lower unit apart and found the cradle on the dog clutch had fell off the clutch and wouldn’t allow it to move. So I put everything all back together , filled it and test ran in barrel. And all seemed fine. Well took back to the lake and it made it about 6 feet from the dock and did it again. So my question is it this just from wear or is there something else that could be causing this. Maybe misadjustment of the shift cable? I’m at a total loss here. I just don’t want to throw new parts in this before I pinpoint the root of the problem.