Ford 302 with mc-1 outdrive

[Jakem]

Took boat out today and as I was heading back to launch...everything going smooth at about 3000 rpm and all of a sudden it seemed like it popped out of gear...stopped boat . After seeing nothing visual I tried taking off again and it ran like normal...no.issue...at dock checked prop...looks the same as when I set out..any ideas

 

[Scott06]

Took boat out today and as I was heading back to launch...everything going smooth at about 3000 rpm and all of a sudden it seemed like it popped out of gear...stopped boat . After seeing nothing visual I tried taking off again and it ran like normal...no.issue...at dock checked prop...looks the same as when I set out..any ideas

Prop hub or coupler ? although I dont think they would reset...are you using the older style pressed in prop hub?

possible it kicked out of gear. I don't have enough experience to tell you how to diagnose if the drive isn't staying in gear under load, some others on here do...

 

[stresspoint]

guessing that anything broken would mean metal in the oil , drain the oil and check.

 

[Jakem]

It's a turning point prop with replaceable hub. If something broke I can't see it being fine again 2 min later

 

[Jakem]

Oil looks fine. No metal..no water..no.chunks

 

[alldodge]

Guess it did pop out of gear, check your lower shift cable and shift foot

 

[Jakem]

Ok will do

 

[stresspoint]

i have the service manual #6 that covers the gear box , not much in there that will cause one to jump out of gear unless something broke.

in gear @3K rpm that shift cable should be solid in the rod collector.
at this point i would do as alldodge suggests and take a look at the condition of that lower cable , measure the adjustment etc ..

only thing left is the shift rod housing may be worn where the rod goes through .

 

[Jakem]

Ok sounds good. Thanks