What's up guys. Got another one for ya!
1978 260 (5.7) mercruiser with a 260 outdrive
long story short, I clipped a sandbar by about 4 inches last weekend. I know I know tell me about it. No visible damage except some light pitting on the ends of the prop. Boat was still running well after this incident. Next day I push off and find the boat is stuck in reverse.
Some questions,
1. Is it safe to assume this is the shift cable? Or could it be damage from the impact of the sand bar? Tests?
2. The boat is stuck in reverse so how the heck do I get the outdrive off?! I was told to split it and drop the bottom half then the top will pull out. When I tried this the lower half didn't seem to want to budge.
anything helps!
thank you
1978 260 (5.7) mercruiser with a 260 outdrive
long story short, I clipped a sandbar by about 4 inches last weekend. I know I know tell me about it. No visible damage except some light pitting on the ends of the prop. Boat was still running well after this incident. Next day I push off and find the boat is stuck in reverse.
Some questions,
1. Is it safe to assume this is the shift cable? Or could it be damage from the impact of the sand bar? Tests?
2. The boat is stuck in reverse so how the heck do I get the outdrive off?! I was told to split it and drop the bottom half then the top will pull out. When I tried this the lower half didn't seem to want to budge.
anything helps!
thank you