Capt. Chaos wrote:
I am going to purchase a shop manual for the outdrive. I'm thinking of
trying to tackle replacing the shift cable myself come the off season.
I'm average as a mechanic, however, I don't have a lot of experience.
Once I get the shop manual, I'll know more, but so I can prepare myself,
can anyone give any advice as to whether I take the whole outdrive off
to do this repair or just the lower part of the outdrive? How
complicated a task is it to remove the outdrive. Once the outdrive is
off, how complicated to replace the cable in question?
Readnig about Cobra outdrives on the web, it sounds like most associated
problems are due to the original shifting assembly that was fixed with a
recall. I would imagine, given the age of my boat that the recall work
was probably done and the cable has probably gone bad due to age. If the
recall work had not been done, it sounds like the gears would have been
toast long ago due to slippage.
I'm also curious about the device that momentarily stalls the engine to
allow for smoother shifts. Where exactly is that located? Is there some
kind of switch where the cable connects to the motor?
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The interuptor switch that you're talking about is on top of the engine
on the stbd. side. Its not very big, but its in plain view. Here is a
web site that someone posted 2 years ago with very complete service data
for the Cobra engines. I wasn't able to cut it, so I wrote it down and
here it is, I hope I got it right.
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http:www.funcopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/
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That website doesn't seem to be working here, its ok in email, so I'll
cut and paste it again from there. Or, iff you want to contact me at my
email addy, I'll forward the website directly to you. Here goes again.
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http::www.funkopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/

On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:55:44 -0400, N.L. Eckert wrote:


The interuptor switch that you're talking about is on top of the engine on
the stbd. side. Its not very big, but its in plain view. Here is a web
site that someone posted 2 years ago with very complete service data for
the Cobra engines. I wasn't able to cut it, so I wrote it down and here
it is, I hope I got it right.
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http:www.funcopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/
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Try:

http://www.funkopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/

On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:02:25 -0400, thunder
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:55:44 -0400, N.L. Eckert wrote:


The interuptor switch that you're talking about is on top of the engine on
the stbd. side. Its not very big, but its in plain view. Here is a web
site that someone posted 2 years ago with very complete service data for
the Cobra engines. I wasn't able to cut it, so I wrote it down and here
it is, I hope I got it right.
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http:www.funcopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/
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Try:

http://www.funkopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/

I've been to Stuart's site. It has since moved to:

http://www.hastings.org/~stuart/cobra/index.html

This site really is wonderful when it comes to documenting the
problems associated with OMC Cobras. I don't know if my mechanical
skill will allow me to attempt the repair however. I guess I don't
have too myuch to lose. If I do a humpty-dumpty to my drive, I guess
I could always take all the pieces to a tech and have them put it back
together again.