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Boat won't go into gear
The shift cable pushes and pulls a lever on the engine. When you take the
cable of the engine you can manually shift it by pushing or pulling that lever. You can check it with a hose hooked up to the engine. Justin "Travis" wrote in message ups.com... Thanks for the great info. How do I shift then engine manually? Can I do this with the hose hooked up to my boat or must I put it in the water? |
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Boat won't go into gear
Well we did some troubleshooting and when we shifted it manually it
still didn't go into gear. I can tell it is trying to, a spit of water here and there and half a spin from the prop every so often. The gear oil is creamy. Any ideas on what the cause is and how expensive it is to fix? |
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Boat won't go into gear
Ok with the johnsons you have the linkage goes under the motor to
the lower unit. Now follow the linkage from the throddle to the back of the motor with the cover off. You SHOULD see the levers (on the left side) moving back and forth. One should be for the engine to rev and the other lever would to engage the drive. As for the oil being creamy in the lower unit, that can be a problem. If it looks like coffee moca, there can be water in the oil. Thats a problem. (bad seal) I would at the very least change the lower unit fluid and adjust the linkage. Its not exactly uncommon for older boats to have linkage that was stretched out beyond its useful life. If you want to play with the linkage while the motor is running (out of the water) I would first and foremost, remove the prop. (dont need to be standing too close and get caught up by it) Put the muffs on and fire up the water. You should be able to disconnect the linkage from the motor and shift it forwards and reverse. If that doesnt work, you might have a issue with the lower unit. The other think that can be a problem, is that the last guy who did the lower unit may have tightened or loosened the linkage line from the lower unit. Do that a bit much and it can have issues like you mentioned too. If there is no real history on the motor, since you are the new owner I would also look into changing the fuel filter, thermostats, and water pump impeller. Those are maintence its which may have been neglected by the previous owner. Tom |
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