Thread: Shifter control maybe not the problem

shellback...mine has the trough as well and I love ur idea on unhooking the cable and giving it a try. I will do that as soon as the kid and I can get to the water,maybe I'll even back it in my pond and try that. The shifter slide thing glides through the trough easily !

Archer...you made me think about the oil...I had to go out to the shop and look to see if I had merc bottles and I do so Yes it has the merc oil in it...when you have as many tractors ,combines,dump trucks and boats and pick-ups as I do it is hard to remember it all...lol. I bought the boat last Jan. and changed the waterpump and lower unit oil as soon as I got it.

The only real slop that I have been able to find is in the shifter mechanism it self !! I would assume that there has to be some slop in there and that the little slop that is there wouldn't hurt.....the shift cable blowing apart inside it's housing would certainly make sense. Yall keep watching this post . were gonna figure it out...the kid and I fish till the ice keeps us out so we still have lots of fishin time left and I need the boat to work properly ! Thanks for the input !!

Well we backed the boat in the pond and with the shifter cable unhooked fired her up and worked the shift mechanism with my hands ! It went into reverse and stayed that way until i shifted it back to neutral just as it should. After doing that I decided to go ahead and just try and adjustment with the cable and see what I have from there. Ran it back in the shop and turned that ball 6 turns to make it go into rev. better/farther ! It was not going as far as it should have been with the previous or initial setting . It still seems to be shifting fine into forward also. I suppose the true test will be next time at the lake. I will make it a point to jump back on here and post the results then. Hope to be going soon. Thanks !

PS I still have some slop in the shifter mechanism...not sure why. The boats only 11 years old ! I can see the rotating assembly inside the mechanism rocking back and forth as I operate the handle or grab the cable with my hand and move it back and forth. Surely that thing would last longer than 11 yrs ?? It's a merc remote. Not severe but enough to loose some throw at the motor !