This thing is driving me nuts..
I have a pre-alpha drive with a 120 mcm Mecruiser. I just bought the boat second hand and knew it had problems with backward shifting. Thought it was just an out of adjustment thing so I took it anyway.
I follow the manual and do this:
Setting the adjustment nut at 6 inches of the lower shift cable when in full forward gear.
Then I adjust the control cable accordingly. But I can only adjust it so it works neutral/forward or adjust it for neutral/backward but not backward/neutral/forward together. It's like one or the other...
The adjustment gab is even so big that I can even adjust it so both gears won't grab and both backward and forward will rattle.
The cables look fine, and I really don't know what to do now. I don't have a trailer so working on the drive is gonna be a problem.
I read a lot about replacing the lower shift cable, but why should that be the problem when I can move the engine in gear by pushing and pulling the cable by myself. Only backwards shifting requires some force if done by hand (Forward is doable with just a little push).
It feels like the lower shift cable needs more travel in both directions to make it work.
Anyone?
I have a pre-alpha drive with a 120 mcm Mecruiser. I just bought the boat second hand and knew it had problems with backward shifting. Thought it was just an out of adjustment thing so I took it anyway.
I follow the manual and do this:
Setting the adjustment nut at 6 inches of the lower shift cable when in full forward gear.
Then I adjust the control cable accordingly. But I can only adjust it so it works neutral/forward or adjust it for neutral/backward but not backward/neutral/forward together. It's like one or the other...
The adjustment gab is even so big that I can even adjust it so both gears won't grab and both backward and forward will rattle.
The cables look fine, and I really don't know what to do now. I don't have a trailer so working on the drive is gonna be a problem.
I read a lot about replacing the lower shift cable, but why should that be the problem when I can move the engine in gear by pushing and pulling the cable by myself. Only backwards shifting requires some force if done by hand (Forward is doable with just a little push).
It feels like the lower shift cable needs more travel in both directions to make it work.
Anyone?