sprice1129
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Hello All!
Yesterday I bought a 1970 Glastron Skiflite V-142 (Mercury 500 Firebolt) from a friend of mine for $500. He told me something was up with the ignition so I replaced the ignition switch on it and it fired right up which is great. Buuuuttt.... I put it in the water and now I'm running into this problem: neutral works fine, idles great, sounds great, forward works great, but I need to push the throttle REALLYYYY far forward to reach a good speed (25-30 mph or so) and I have no reverse. It almost feels like it engages and the engine revs really high when I push it the whole way into reverse, but I get no backwards thrust.. Is it possible that when I took apart the controls to put in the new ignition, I put it back together in the wrong way and now it's not engaging into reverse? Could it be as simple as opening the control box and adjusting something in there to make it right or will I have to take the lower unit off and make adjustments in there too? This is all assuming that something else isn't wrong which I don't really think is the case because it was my buddy who sold me the boat and I think he would have told me if the reverse wasn't working at all..
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Sam
Yesterday I bought a 1970 Glastron Skiflite V-142 (Mercury 500 Firebolt) from a friend of mine for $500. He told me something was up with the ignition so I replaced the ignition switch on it and it fired right up which is great. Buuuuttt.... I put it in the water and now I'm running into this problem: neutral works fine, idles great, sounds great, forward works great, but I need to push the throttle REALLYYYY far forward to reach a good speed (25-30 mph or so) and I have no reverse. It almost feels like it engages and the engine revs really high when I push it the whole way into reverse, but I get no backwards thrust.. Is it possible that when I took apart the controls to put in the new ignition, I put it back together in the wrong way and now it's not engaging into reverse? Could it be as simple as opening the control box and adjusting something in there to make it right or will I have to take the lower unit off and make adjustments in there too? This is all assuming that something else isn't wrong which I don't really think is the case because it was my buddy who sold me the boat and I think he would have told me if the reverse wasn't working at all..
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Sam