81 omc sterndrive

[Towman6364]

It's been awhile since I have posted I had to step away from this project for awhile but now I would like to get it done ,so my problem was the boat runs great on land and in reverse but when I power up it dies,so I was told I had the cables backward and I couldn't find any cables but after studying manual I found them inside the control box, so my question is do I have to take the whole sterndrive out or can I just switch in the box?

 

[Bondo]

It's been awhile since I have posted I had to step away from this project for awhile but now I would like to get it done ,so my problem was the boat runs great on land and in reverse but when I power up it dies,so I was told I had the cables backward and I couldn't find any cables but after studying manual I found them inside the control box, so my question is do I have to take the whole sterndrive out or can I just switch in the box?

Ayuh,....... Welcome back,...... How are they backwards,..??

Is the throttle cable on the shifter, 'n the shifter cable on the throttle,..??
Or,....
Is the shifter cable, or the throttle cable moving the wrong way,..??

 

[Scott Danforth]

are you talking the cables back by the ESA? or where the cable enters the control binnacle?

what do you mean the cables are backwards?

also, most likely your ESA is out of adjustment.

go here. http://sterndrive.info/ and watch the videos on setting up the ESA