nolamastercraft
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Hello everyone, I am new to the forum. I have a Marine Power S5.7V installed in my mastercraft ski boat. I have very little background in dealing with boat or car engines, so please try to keep this in mind when reading this or providing answers. With that said, I have a problem that I would like to attempt to fix before asking a mechanic to look at it. When the controls (at helm) and the shift lever (at transmission) are in neutral, the engine is idling in reverse. I think this problem has been like this for a while, but I am just now trying to resolve the problem. I disconnected the shift linkage (at transmission) and gradually moved the lever forward to briefly find neutral. I should emphasize briefly, because neutral was also very difficult to hold for longer than a few seconds. So, if I found neutral in the forward position, how would I make an adjustment so that neutral is actually in the neutral position? Any and all suggestions would be much appreciated.