trmahoney01
Cadet
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- Jul 10, 2017
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Hey everyone, new boat owner here. I have been browsing the forums over the past few weeks trying to learn as much as I can before posting, but I'm now stumped.
A few weeks ago, I bought a '92 Bayliner with a Mercruiser 3.0L Alpha 1 Sterndrive. It is starting in forward gear, prop spinning and everything. It will throttle up when I pull on the control to run it in "neutral" but it doesn't stop the prop from spinning, only spins faster. When I do try to shift it into and out of gear with the control, the shift interruptor kills the engine. I tried fiddling around with the shift cables thinking maybe this was causing it, but I haven't had any luck with that so far.
I did just raise the lower unit to take a peek under there, and I will post some pictures of what I found. Obviously I'm a bit of a rookie so I'm not 100% sure what I'm looking at, but it looks like the shift shaft may have something wrong with it. I am thinking this may be too big a job for an amateur like myself, but I am hoping to at least diagnose it before I find someone to lend a hand / pay a repair shop tons of $$$ for it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
EDIT: apparently I can't include attachments (maybe since I am new) so I am including a link to a file share site.
A few weeks ago, I bought a '92 Bayliner with a Mercruiser 3.0L Alpha 1 Sterndrive. It is starting in forward gear, prop spinning and everything. It will throttle up when I pull on the control to run it in "neutral" but it doesn't stop the prop from spinning, only spins faster. When I do try to shift it into and out of gear with the control, the shift interruptor kills the engine. I tried fiddling around with the shift cables thinking maybe this was causing it, but I haven't had any luck with that so far.
I did just raise the lower unit to take a peek under there, and I will post some pictures of what I found. Obviously I'm a bit of a rookie so I'm not 100% sure what I'm looking at, but it looks like the shift shaft may have something wrong with it. I am thinking this may be too big a job for an amateur like myself, but I am hoping to at least diagnose it before I find someone to lend a hand / pay a repair shop tons of $$$ for it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
EDIT: apparently I can't include attachments (maybe since I am new) so I am including a link to a file share site.