35 horse Gale help

[patrick1010]

Hello and thanks in advance for any help. I bought the boat about 3 weeks ago and finally got it running. It would not come up on plane so I fixed linkage that seems to adjust timing. Now the boat up on plane has a miss or a skip. it almost seems like it has a tooth missing on the lowere end, but it is not consistent. Could timing be shifting and causing a spark knock? Could I be leaning it out on upper end? Please any help would be great.

 

[F_R]

Re: 35 horse Gale help

Hm.m.m.m, does it feel like you are periodically running over something? If so, it is jumping out of gear and instantly jumping back into gear--till the next time. Caused by a worn out clutch dog in the lower unit. Related to that is the shift linkage and forward gear. It's folly to fix one without at least checking the others.

 

[patrick1010]

Re: 35 horse Gale help

yes it does feel like that. I guess I am pulling the lower unit? I will first pull the cable off and make sure it is going into gear fully. Is there anything crazy I need to know about dropping the lower unit or are they the same as the rest.