russellcframe
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My recently acquired boat has a '69 Johnson 115 which has been running nicely for me. But I have an occasional issue I'd like to troubleshoot. The electric shift doesn't always respond as expected.
Sometimes when starting the boat it is not in neutral even though the throttle is in the neutral position. So the boat wants to creep forward at a slow idle. Also, when putting it into reverse it sometimes does not shift into reverse as expected and as the reverse throttle is increased the rpms come up but the boat is still in forward gear.
Finally, when shifting into reverse, sometimes it tries to shift but I can hear that it is not fully engaging into reverse and while the prop is spinning in reverse it sounds like the gears aren't fully engaged with some popping out of gear.
Often everything works as expected.
To get me started with trouble shooting this would you look more at switching on the throttle or with the lower unit/transmission?
Any common troubleshooting steps?
Thanks for any ideas.
-Russ
Sometimes when starting the boat it is not in neutral even though the throttle is in the neutral position. So the boat wants to creep forward at a slow idle. Also, when putting it into reverse it sometimes does not shift into reverse as expected and as the reverse throttle is increased the rpms come up but the boat is still in forward gear.
Finally, when shifting into reverse, sometimes it tries to shift but I can hear that it is not fully engaging into reverse and while the prop is spinning in reverse it sounds like the gears aren't fully engaged with some popping out of gear.
Often everything works as expected.
To get me started with trouble shooting this would you look more at switching on the throttle or with the lower unit/transmission?
Any common troubleshooting steps?
Thanks for any ideas.
-Russ
