I am wondering if this problem is related to, or just coincidental to a repair I just did. I replaced the water pump in my '88 outdrive (engine is the 4.3L V6), and after reassembly, the engine starts fine and runs well at any rpm when in neutral. But when I try to put it in gear, forward or reverse, it just dies - won't even get into gear before stalling. I thought perhaps we didn't have the shift shaft properly in gear as the manual states, so I took the lower unit off again, believe I have it properly in gear when putting it back together, but same problem. Somehow I'm thinking this is more electrically related than the shifting, but I've not done much work on this boat except the usual maintenance chores, so the problem has me baffled.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!