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200 Stalling After Being Returned to Neutral

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Hoping for some advice or troubleshooting info. I have 1995 200 Ocean Runner. The motor stars perfectly and runs perfectly. When returning the boat from forward gear to neutral it stalls. It will do so even if I slowly drop it into neutral. It is fine going from forward, through neutral and into reverse and vice versa. At normal idle it is in about the 800RPM - 900RPM range my other motor is in. Any ideas?
 
faztbullet said:
Check the shift interrupter as the metal bracket it clips in is known for breakage...
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Is this located within the shifter assembly? I wouldn't think it was the issue because as soon it stall I can start it right up without readjusting the shifter. Also, the motor doesn't abruptly stall. It seems to drop RPM's. I was thinking maybe I need to go up a tad on the idle?

Thanks for the response!
 
Shift Interrupter Switch...... Follow the shift cable to the engine linkage, then the linkage to where it turns into a heavy duty rod that enters a nylon bushing. Somewhere close by you should see two wires... a Black wire and a Black/Yellow wire. That would be the switch.

You can temporarily bypass that switch by simply disconnecting that Black/Yellow wire.... temporarily as a test! If that cures your problem, you need a new switch OR corrosion has built up in the nylon bushing area which is causing pressure on the shift switch and linkage.

NOTE that many boat/horsepower/prop combinations, will result in an impossibility to "take the engine out of gear" with the switch bypassed, even at a idle (The Reason For The Switch!), so be advised.
 
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