If you are mechanically inclined, you would take the control apart, and look
at the little microswitch that engages the bottom of the control lever when
it is in neutral. You would then use a multimeter to check that switch, look
to see if anything is binding it to cause it to stick , or if it is misadjusted.

If you are not mechanically inclined, I'd suggest taking it to a competent
mechanic, tell them the symptoms, and pay them to fix it.

Don W.

richard wrote:
thanks Brian
besides looking at it for anything obvious, what should I do?

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:27:17 GMT, Don W
wrote:

If you are mechanically inclined, you would take the control apart, and look
at the little microswitch that engages the bottom of the control lever when
it is in neutral. You would then use a multimeter to check that switch, look
to see if anything is binding it to cause it to stick , or if it is misadjusted.

If you are not mechanically inclined, I'd suggest taking it to a competent
mechanic, tell them the symptoms, and pay them to fix it.

Don W.

richard wrote:
thanks Brian
besides looking at it for anything obvious, what should I do?


What Don said....


Brian W

Thanks Brian and Don
I am a little bit mechanically inclined and do own a multimeter. I will
see if I have specs/diagram somewhere for the control lever

and keep my mechanic's phone number in hand incase I do not feel up to
it. Thanks again

PS-Not sure where you two are from but we had our first summer weather
and it feels great here in Boston

Hi Richard,

Whatever is wrong is probably not very serious, however,
the intermittent problems are the most frustrating simply because
they are usually not failing while you are looking at them.

You might want to buy a shop manual for your engine. They're not that
expensive, and they should have a wiring diagram, and exploded views of
the remote control.

Good luck with it.

Don W.

PS - We were at 90F, and 10-15MPH wind today. A great day for sailing or
whatever.

richard wrote:
Thanks Brian and Don
I am a little bit mechanically inclined and do own a multimeter. I will
see if I have specs/diagram somewhere for the control lever

and keep my mechanic's phone number in hand incase I do not feel up to
it. Thanks again

PS-Not sure where you two are from but we had our first summer weather
and it feels great here in Boston

On 4 Jun 2005 20:49:43 -0700, "richard"
wrote:

Thanks Brian and Don
I am a little bit mechanically inclined and do own a multimeter. I will
see if I have specs/diagram somewhere for the control lever

and keep my mechanic's phone number in hand incase I do not feel up to
it. Thanks again

PS-Not sure where you two are from but we had our first summer weather
and it feels great here in Boston

The lake was good for surfboarding and slalom skiing today. Since I
made over the 90HP Johnson OB to dump the varioil feature in favor of
gas/oil mix (cutting the oil low worning sensor at the tank to avoid
false alarms as well) and even more handy, rigging the electric choke
solenoid to work off a cockpit pushputton rather than off the start
position of the ignition switch (which formerly rendered the engine
unstartable when hot) the Procraft/Johnson 90 combination has been
pleasant (its a 17ft fish/ski.)

The temperature varied between 97 and 100 along the road to the lake,
I noticed. Noticed one or two fireworks stands missing. Realised
why, on the drive home: the remains of the plywood frames and skins
were scattered in the drainage ditch nearby. That was a FAST wind
storm last week! An 8 X 12 foot poster on three telephone pole
verticals was down - with the poles snapped at their bases.

Brian Whatcott Altus, OK